VOI Today: Prabowo Promises Not To Be Dictated Foreignly, How Can 0 Percent Of US Goods Tariff To Indonesia?

JAKARTA - After negotiations for about three months, United States President Donald Trump finally agreed to reduce the amount of resipprocal import rates for Indonesian products entering the US.

The rate is cut from 32 percent to 19 percent. What are the contents of the agreement? The two countries agreed that Indonesian products entering the US market were subject to an import duty rate of 19 percent. Meanwhile, US products that enter Indonesia get a rate of zero percent or are free of tariffs.

America will also have full access to Indonesia. Such as copper and other natural resources. Indonesia will also buy energy products from the US worth 15 billion US dollars, agricultural products from the United States worth 4.5 billion US dollars, and 50 Boeing product aircraft, most of which are jets with bongsor entities, namely the Boeing 777.

The agreement was finally reached by telephone between the two presidents, Trump and Prabowo Subianto, Tuesday, July 15. Does the agreement benefit Indonesia? Does the agreement show that Indonesia is not dictated by a foreign country or vice versa? Check out the full information in VOI.id.