Sri Mulyani Said The US Will Continue To Be Actively Involved In The World
Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati revealed that the United States (US) plans to reform the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Meanwhile, the pesen was disclosed by the Secretary of the Treasury or US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in front of international meetings such as the G20 meeting of the South African Presidency, and the IMF-World Bank Spring Meeting,
He said that the US would continue to take positions to be actively involved in international institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (World Bank) to maintain the functions of international institutions as a balancer of the world's economic order.
"In the forum, the United States as stated by the US Treasury, or Mr. Scott Basen, said that the position of the United States will remain a member, and at the same time lead international institutions such as the IMF and the World Bank, which will also be an event for the implementation of various national agendas of the United States through these institutions," Sri Mulyani said in a press conference, Friday, April 25.
Sri Mulyani said that these institutions will be the foundation of the United States in carrying out its various national agendas, where currently, the United States is also focusing on reforming the WTO with the same goal.
"How the role of the United States in international institutions including reforms from the WTO is now the focus of various US policies towards its trading partners, including reciprocal tariffs, whose goal is to create a fairer trade order according to the US," he explained.
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Sri Mulyani stated that Indonesia will continue to monitor and study the progress of the United States' plans and that it has discussed with a number of finance ministers from other countries in the context of negotiating tariffs with the US.
As for the meeting, the ministers also discussed how each country communicated with the US regarding the issue of import tariffs.
"This of course the goal is that in the end there will be a solution that can be comprehensive, so that it will create world certainty. Because the uncertainty of the world has caused a weakening projection of the global economy, it will certainly harm all countries in the world," he explained.