JAKARTA: Indonesia announced a spate of concessions for United States imports on Tuesday (Apr 8), including reducing taxes on electronic goods and steel, ahead of trade negotiations with Washington over President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.
Southeast Asia’s biggest economy will send a high-level delegation to the US next week seeking a deal to ease the impact of a 32 per cent tariff due to take effect on Wednesday.
Indonesia plans to buy liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas and soybeans from the US as part of the negotiation efforts, said chief economic minister Airlangga Hartarto, who will lead Indonesia’s delegation to the US.
He was speaking at a gathering…