Legislature encourages the foyer of the Indonesian government to ask for drop of Trump tariffs

Jakarta – Member of the House of Representatives Commission I PKS Sukamta Faction responded to the new US tariff policy announced by US President Donald Trump. Sukamta assessed that the new US import tax tariff policy would affect the Indonesian industry and exports. “This short -term is likely to have an impact on the Indonesian industry and exports,” Sukamta told reporters on Thursday (3/4/2025). Sukamta urged the government to continue looking for new markets next to the US. According to him, it can offer good market expansion. Browse to continue with content “But if our government and businessman persevere to look for other market alternatives if we will provide good market expansion. Maybe not as big as we do, but it will be a challenge to find new markets and more creative products,” he said. Nevertheless, Sukamta encouraged the government to support the US so that the tariff reduction could be done. He brought this step forward to be carried out by the Indonesian government before. “In the past, the government has taken a special foyer for tariff reduction, hopefully this recipe has also succeeded as in the past,” he said. This is known, Trump has announced a new 10% rate on almost all imported goods entering the US. In addition, Trump applies a ‘reciprocal rate’ to a number of countries, including Indonesia. “That’s the statement of our economic independence,” Trump said as he announced these new steps. The president said the US would use the money generated from rates to reduce “taxes and pay our national debt”. Indonesia appears on the tariff list. It is said that Indonesia has applied a 64% tariff for goods from the US. The US will then charge a tariff of 32% of Indonesian goods sold in the US. Watch the video ‘latest tariff diagrams for 185 countries, Indonesia hit 32%’: (FCA/IMK) HOEGENG Awards 2025 Read the inspirational story of the exemplary police candidate here