Instead of the $10 million that Apple previously offered, Indonesian authorities are demanding $1 billion to be invested in the region
    • Alphane MoonOPMEnglish
      5•8 days ago

      Was not aware about the “brown paper bag” idiom, seems to be a US-specific thing.

      This is a market access in exchange for local production issue. Commonly used by countries such as China (in some industry segments), India, Brazil.

  • Thirsty HyenaEnglish
    4•8 days ago

    The initial 10 million offering is insulting.

    • Alphane MoonOPMEnglish
      1•8 days ago

      The initial $10M offering is how you know US oligarch groups are completely out of control and disconnected from reality.