BOGOR - The Minister of State Secretary (Mensesneg) Prasetyo Hadi emphasized that the Venezuelan conflict would not affect the reciprocal tariff negotiations between Indonesia and the United States (US). The situation in Venezuela is heating up following the US attack and triggering concerns about its impact on global trade.
Prasetyo emphasized that the continued negotiations on tariffs between Indonesia and the US would not back down and would run according to schedule next week. It is planned that the two countries will focus on discussing the details of the legal drafting of the trade cooperation document, which will be signed directly by President Prabowo Subianto and President of the United States Donald Trump.
"So according to the schedule, from January 12 to January 19 is the drafting of legal drafting," said Prasetyo after a ministerial retreat at the Garuda Yaksa Training Center, Bojongkoneng Village, Hambalang, Bogor, Tuesday, January 6 evening.
The government, said Prasetyo, hopes that various recent trade agreements between Indonesia and the US can be included in the legal drafting. Thus, President Prabowo and President Trump can sign the trade agreement at the end of January 2026.
"Of course, in the process we are constantly trying to negotiate for our interests," explained Prasetyo.
The Gerindra Party politician added that President Prabowo was still scheduled to go to the United States to sign the latest trade agreement with President Trump at the end of January.
However, he did not specify the exact schedule because he was still waiting for the legal drafting process to be carried out by the delegations of the two countries.
"It depends on the results from January 12 to 19 from the legal drafting," said Prasetyo.
Previously, Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto conveyed the main substance in the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) document had been agreed by both countries, so that the process now enters the technical stage before official ratification.
This agreement is a continuation of the agreement reached on July 22, 2025. In the agreement, the tariff on Indonesian products entering the US was reduced from 32% to 19%.
In addition, Indonesia also obtained special tariff exemptions for a number of national export flagship products, such as palm oil, coffee, cocoa, and other commodities.
Indonesia is also committed to removing tariffs for almost all US products. In addition, RI will also remove various non-tariff barriers for US companies, including the obligation of the Domestic Content Level (TKDN).
However, the exemption from the TKDN provision does not apply to all US products and is only granted in a limited manner to certain sectors such as information and telecommunications technology, data centers, and medical devices.
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