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Awaiting US response: Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto and his office's International Trade Negotiations Director General Djatmiko Bris Witjaksono attend a press conference on June 13 in Jakarta. (Antrara/Bayu Saputra)
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he government currently sees no need to send another delegation to the United States for the negotiations on tariffs as it believes it has made its case for open bilateral trade and says the ball is now in the US’ court.
Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto, who helmed an Indonesian delegation dispatched to Washington, DC, in April, said in a press conference on Friday that the documents submitted to his US counterparts were “already relatively comprehensive” and that what was left was “the [US] decision.”
Asked whether Jakarta’s negotiators would visit the US for a second round of top-level talks as US import tariffs loom over Indonesian exports, the minister replied: “So far, no, because it’s already deemed complete.”
That contrasts with statements from June 6, when Airlangga said the team would depart to the US around this week.
The decision not to send another trade mission comes after President Prabowo Subianto received a 15-minute phone call from US President Donald Trump on Thursday night, in which the two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to global stability, according to Jakarta.
The topic of the phone call included the two presidents seeing eye to eye on “increasing bilateral cooperation between Indonesia and the US”, said Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya in a press statement on Friday.
The US Embassy in Jakarta declined to respond when asked about Jakarta’s decision not to send a delegation, while the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), which spearheads Washington’s side in the tariff negotiations, was not immediately available for comment.
