Trump says that the commercial deal in Indonesia is 19 % tariffs

president Donald Trump He said on Tuesday that he had reached an initial trade deal with Indonesia that would put a 19 % tariff in US exports in Southeast Asia.

“We will not pay any tariff,” Trump told reporters outside the White House. “So they allow us to reach Indonesia, which we did not face,” Trump told reporters outside the White House.

“This may be the bulk of the deal. The other part is that they will pay 19 %,” he said.

It was not immediately clear whether Jakarta agreed to the conditions of the deal as Trump described it. The Indonesian embassy in Washington, DC, did not immediately respond to the CNBC request for comment.

In a later post Social truthTrump said that Indonesia “committed to buying $ 15 billion in US energy, $ 4.5 billion in American agricultural products, 50 Boeing aircraft, and many of them 777” as part of the deal.

The Indonesian airline Garuda was in talks to purchase between 50 and 75 Boeing, its CEO According to what he said, he said In early July.

If it comes to passing, the new customs tariff for Indonesian imports will show Trump back back to the 32 % duty that he threatened to impose last week.

Trump said in a short post on social media on Tuesday morning that the agreement followed a direct deal with Indonesian President Prabo Subanto.

“I truly spoke to their great president, very common, very strong, smart, and we have done the deal,” Trump said at the White House later in the day.

Trade Minister Howard Lootnick suggested to CNBC’s “First half reportOn Tuesday afternoon, Indonesia will drop the definitions of American goods as part of the agreement.

“There is no tariff there. They pay the tariffs here,” Lootnick said.

The White House did not respond to CNBC requests for additional information about the alleged deal with Indonesia.

Indonesia is one of the 25 best commercial partners for the United States, where the two countries are trading more than $ 38 billion in 2024, he said Trade Management. The total US trade deficit with Indonesia reached $ 17.9 billion last year.

Trump’s publication in Indonesia is close to announcing his announcement on July 2 that the United States reached him A commercial deal with Vietnam.

Trump’s initial message about Vietnam was also short in the details, although he announced in a Follow -up Post The conditions included a 20 % tariff on Vietnamese imports.

According to Vietnamese officials, Trump’s description of a preliminary deal with the United States as of July 10, the Vietnamese government has not officially accepted part of the deal that Trump described, Politico mentioned.

The United States has also made a preliminary trade agreement with the United Kingdom, and has reached another agreement with China that allowed both sides to reduce the high tariffs on each other’s goods.

But Trump has recently avoided the traditional trade negotiation process, and instead chose to send messages to commercial partners to the United States, which dictates what will begin the new US tariff rate on August 1.

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