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Trump says Indonesia to pay 19% tariffs, buy 50 Boeing jets under trade deal

Containers are loaded onto transport trucks at the Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, 09 July 2025.
Jakarta’s international container terminal. Indonesia will pay US tariffs of 19% and has agreed to buy 50 Boeing jets under a new trade deal, Donald Trump says. Photograph: Bagus Indahono/EPA

US President Donald Trump says he has struck a trade pact with Indonesia resulting in significant purchase commitments from the south-east Asian country, after negotiations to avoid steeper tariffs.

Indonesian goods entering the United States would face a 19% tariff, Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. This is significantly below the 32% level the president earlier threatened.

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