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Mari Pangestu, Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy

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The race is on! Who will take over from Pascal Lamy as the head of the WTO later this year? Markus Karlsson sits down with one of the nine candidates, Mari Pangestu, a former Trade Minister of Indonesia. She is currently Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy.

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