Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya said President Prabowo Subianto held telephone talks with United States President Donald Trump for 17 minutes to reach an agreement to reduce import rates from 32 percent to 19 percent.
"In very serious conversations, but in an atmosphere full of warmth and intimacy for almost 17 minutes, the two leaders discussed a number of issues, especially regarding the United States tariff policy," Teddy said as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, July 16.
Teddy said President Prabowo received a telephone call from Trump, on Tuesday (15/7) night when the Head of State was still in Europe.
The communication was established after Indonesia made various efforts to negotiate with the United States regarding the import tariff policy.
In the discussion, the two leaders discussed a number of issues, with a main focus on the United States tariff policy on Indonesian products.
"President Prabowo himself directly negotiated a tariff reduction with President Donald Trump who is a tough negotiator," he said.
The Head of State also continued to negotiate until a meeting point was reached to fight for Indonesia's interests.
After going through a tough negotiation process and understanding the interests of each country, an agreement was finally reached to reduce import rates from 32 percent to 19 percent in Indonesian products.
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Seskab said, with this very significant reduction, the trade tariff imposed by America on Indonesia was one of the lowest in Asia.
"The agreement reached in this negotiation is good news, which came after the zero percent trade rate agreement between Indonesia and the European Union was reached," he said.
Secretary Teddy explained that the details of the US trade rate agreement against Indonesia would be followed up by the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto.
US President Donald Trump said the import rate of 19 percent would be applied to Indonesian products entering the US, based on direct negotiations he made with President Prabowo.
"Indonesia will pay a 19 percent tariff to the United States for all imported goods from them to our country," Trump said.
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