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View all search resultsHas Indonesia, by agreeing to allow personal data transfers to the United States under the new trade framework, effectively compromised its citizens’ privacy and undermined its own data sovereignty, especially in the absence of fully operational privacy institutions and enforceable safeguards?
France called a framework trade deal between the United States and European Union a "dark day" for Europe, saying the bloc had caved in to US President Donald Trump with an unbalanced deal that slaps a headline 15 percent tariff on EU goods while sparing US imports from any immediate European retaliation.
Indonesia also agreed to remove local content requirements for US firms, recognize US standards for vehicle and medical products, drop onerous licensing on US farm goods while recognizing US regulatory oversight and lift labeling and pre-shipment inspection mandates.
Despite Indonesia’s recent success at scoring a significantly lower tariff rate with the United States and finalizing a long-awaited free trade pact with the European Union, experts have warned that the strategic implications behind these rushed decisions made under pressure may lead to future instability.
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