President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he had concluded a preliminary trade agreement with Indonesia, which would set a 19% tariff on the US exports of the Southeast Asian country.
“We will not pay tariffs. So you will get us access to Indonesia what we never had,” said Trump reporters in front of the White House.
“This is probably most of the deal. And the other part is that they will pay 19%,” he said.
It was not immediately clear whether Jakarta had approved the deal conditions described by Trump. The Indonesian embassy in Washington, DC, did not immediately answer a comment on the request from CNBC.
In a subsequent post about the social of truth, Trump said that Indonesia had committed to the purchase of $ 15 billion in US energy, 4.5 billion US dollars in American agricultural products and 50 Boeing jets, and many of them as part of the business.
The Indonesian airline Garuda recently was in discussions to buy between 50 and 75 Boeing aircraft, the CEO reported reported in early July.
If it is implemented, the new tariff set for Indonesian imports would show that Trump is withdrawing to the 32% obligation, which he had only imposed last week.
Trump said in a short social media contribution on Tuesday morning that the agreement pursued direct business with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto.
“I spoke to her really great president, very popular, very strong, clever and we did the deal,” said Trump later in the White House.
Minister of Commerce Howard Lutnick proposed on Tuesday afternoon in CNBCs “half -time report” that Indonesia would drop his tariffs for US goods as part of the agreement.
“No tariffs there. They pay tariffs here,” said Lutnick.
The White House did not respond to the inquiries from CNBC for additional information about the alleged contract with Indonesia.
Indonesia is one of the 25 top trading partners of the United States. According to the trade department, in 2024 in 2024, more than 38 billion US dollars. The US trade deficit with Indonesia was 17.9 billion US dollars last year.
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Trump's post in Indonesia resembles his announcement of July 2 that the United States has signed a trade agreement with Vietnam.
Trump's first message about Vietnam was also short, although he explained in a follow-up contribution that the terms contained a 20% tariff on Vietnamese imports.
The Vietnamese officials were reportedly surprised by Trump's description of their provisional agreement with the United States on July 10. The Vietnamese government has still not officially accepted part of the deal that Trump has advertised, Politico reported.
The United States has also concluded a temporary trade agreement with the United Kingdom and has made another agreement with China that made it possible for both sides to lower the sky -high tariffs to the goods of others.
But Trump recently distributed the traditional trade negotiation process and instead decided to send us letters to US trade partners who determine how their new US tariff rate will begin on August 1st.
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