Indonesia has become more prominent in international organisations in recent years, serving as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council in 2006-08 and taking a seat at meetings of the G20 group of the world's major economies. There is an opportunity for warmer relations with the US, given that the US president, Barack Obama, spent several years in Indonesia as a child. Speaking during a visit to Jakarta in November 2010, Mr Obama praised Indonesia for its transition to democracy based on the principle of "unity in diversity", and called on the country to forge a renewed partnership with the US. Ties with China are also likely to strengthen. Chinese businesses have become major foreign investors in a variety of industries in Indonesia. Moreover, owing to the likelihood that the world's advanced economies will grow relatively slowly following the 2008-09 global recession, Indonesia will rely heavily on China as a market for its exports. However, there will be opposition to closer economic ties with China, as demonstrated by the backlash among local manufacturers against the free-trade agreement between that country and the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) that came into effect at the start of 2010. Indonesia's foreign policy will continue to be influenced by the principle of non-alignment, and the government will resist becoming too closely associated with either the US or China. There will be intermittent disputes with Malaysia and Singapore over a range of long-standing issues. At the start of 2011 Indonesia took over the chair of ASEAN, a position that it will hold for one year.