Indonesia Gets Trump Tariff, Dasco Says Trade Diplomacy Needs

JAKARTA - Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, also responded to the imposition of reciprocal or reciprocal rates imposed by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, to Indonesia by 32 percent.

Dasco emphasized that Indonesia is an important trading partner for Indonesia, therefore the government needs to carry out trade diplomacy to maintain cooperation and suppress impact.

"We must carry out trade diplomacy well," he said in a statement to the media, Thursday, April 3.

Nevertheless, Dasco also emphasized that Indonesia should not be the target of disposal sites for goods of other countries that cannot be marketed in the US.

According to him, this is very dangerous for domestic industrial products and has the potential to thwart Indonesia's downstream process.

"We must maintain this joint national interest together between the government, the private sector, the executor, the legislature and law enforcers," said Dasco.

Just so you know, a number of countries are subject to return rates. Several countries in the Asian continent that were affected by this tariff included China at 34 percent, Vietnam at 46 percent. Taiwan 32 percent, Japan 24 percent, India 26 percent, South Korea 25 percent, Thailand 36 percent, Malaysia 24 percent, Cambodia 49 percent, Singapore 10 percent and the Philippines 17 percent.