Trump, Indonesia and US Supreme Court
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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto confirmed that his latest meeting with United States President Donald Trump yielded mutually beneficial results for both
The US has threatened to terminate the tariff deal if Indonesia makes a deal with a country that "jeopardizes" Washington
President Donald Trump and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto finalized a trade agreement Thursday, ending months of uncertainty with an accord that’s expected to lower US tariffs and see Jakarta facilitate the purchase of an estimated $33 billion in American goods.
Indonesia is waiting for further discussions after President Trump announced a new 10 percent tariff on imports from all countries.
The White House announced a reciprocal trade agreement with Indonesia on Thursday while President Prabowo Subianto was in Washington to attend the first meeting of President Donald Trump's Board of
The signing of the agreement by Indonesia's senior economic minister Airlangga Hartarto and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer followed months of negotiations, after Washington last year agreed to lower Indonesia's exports to the United States to 19 per cent, down from an initial rate of 32 per cent.
After suffering a loss at the Supreme Court, Trump has ended the tariffs declared illegal, but he has also announced a new 10% global duty.
Ahead of the inaugural meeting of US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, charged with leading the way forward in Gaza, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto faces perhaps his most significant foreign policy test yet.