Trump Announces Trade Deal With Indonesia, Opening Entire Market to U.S.
“For the first time ever, our Ranchers, Farmers, and Fishermen will have Complete and Total Access to the Indonesian Market of over 280 million people.”
President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he reached a trade deal with Indonesia.
Indonesia faces a 19% tariff while opening its entire market to America and not charging us tariffs:
This morning I finalized an important Deal with the Republic of Indonesia after speaking with their Highly Respected President Prabowo Subianto. This landmark Deal opens up Indonesia’s ENTIRE MARKET to the United States for the first time in History. As part of the Agreement, Indonesia has committed to purchasing $15 Billion Dollars in U.S. Energy, $4.5 Billion Dollars in American Agricultural Products, and 50 Boeing Jets, many of them 777’s. For the first time ever, our Ranchers, Farmers, and Fishermen will have Complete and Total Access to the Indonesian Market of over 280 million people. In addition, Indonesia will pay the United States a 19% Tariff on all Goods they export to us, while U.S. Exports to Indonesia are to be Tariff and Non Tariff Barrier FREE. If there is any Transshipment from a higher Tariff Country, then that Tariff will be added on to the Tariff that Indonesia is paying. Thank you to the People of Indonesia for your friendship and commitment to balancing our Trade Deficit. We will keep DELIVERING for the American People, and the People of Indonesia!
Trump proposed a 32% tariff on Indonesia in April.
In 2024, the U.S. imported $28 billion in goods from Indonesia. We exported $10.2 billion to Indonesia.
Our trade deficit with the country was $17.9 billion last year, representing a 5.4% increase from 2023.
Here’s some perspective from the 2024 National Trade Estimate Report:
U.S. stakeholders have asserted that Indonesia continues to apply tariffs in excess of its WTO bound rates for certain categories of information and communication technology products. For example, despite having a WTO bound rate of zero percent for Harmonized System (HS) code subheading 8517, which includes switching and routing equipment, Indonesia appears to be applying a 10 percent duty for these products.
Indonesia also has strict investment barriers:
Presidential Regulation No. 10/21, as amended by Presidential Regulation No. 49/2021, identifies certain sectors subject to foreign ownership limitations. Foreign investment is limited to 49 percent for enterprises engaged in publishing newspapers and magazines, postal services, and air, land, and sea transportation. Foreign investment is limited to 20 percent for broadcasting service suppliers and certain financial service suppliers. Foreign investment is prohibited for certain activities such as fish processing and shipbuilding.
We made a deal with Indonesia. I spoke to their really great president, very popular, very strong, smart, and we made the deal.
We have full access to Indonesia everything. As you know, Indonesia is very strong on copper, but we have full access to everything. We will pay no tariffs. So they are giving us access into Indonesia, which we never had. That’s probably the biggest part of the deal.
And the other part is they are going to pay 19% and we are going to pay nothing. It’s going to, I think it’s a good deal for both parties, but we will have full access into Indonesia.
And we have a couple of those deals that are going to be announced. India basically is working along that same line. We’re going to have access into India. And you have to understand, we had no access into any of these countries. Our people couldn’t go in. And now we’re getting access because of what we’re doing with the tariffs.
So they’re paying 19% and we are not paying anything. And they’re going to have they’re going to give us full access into Indonesia now Indonesia has some great product, and they also have some very valuable. Earths and various other materials. One of the things, as you know, they’re known for is very high quality, copper, which we’ll be using.
.@POTUS on the trade deal with Indonesia: "We have FULL access to Indonesia…We will pay no tariffs. So they are giving us access into Indonesia, which we never had…They are going to pay 19%, and we are going to pay nothing." 🇺🇸🤝🇮🇩 pic.twitter.com/5k08APUrnx
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) July 15, 2025
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Comments
love it
only problem is
in order for them to build /open up companies in america could invite the chinese influence in the guise of indonesia etc to operate their filthy communistic stealing
but a win is a win!!
maga!!
China could do that with fraudulent Americans to. Nothing is 100% effective.
It’s amazing all these trade deals done in a short time. I kind of wonder what the past presidents were doing for the last 30 years or so
Leaving it up to the ‘experienced professionals’ at the State Department who just got RIF’d.
They were so useful weren’t they? What the hell were they doing? Playing solitaire?
” kind of wonder what the past presidents were doing for the last 30 years or so”
Doing what their donors and cronies wanted.
Trump does hurry sometimes in his announcements so is there written agreement from the Indonesian Government? I hope so.
“…will have Complete and Total Access to the Indonesian Market of over 280 million people.”
To paraphrase JoeBama, “This is a big feffing deal!”
I am glad that my pessimism in thinking these would take years was wrong and hope the rest come shortly to arrest inflation and grow the economy.
Funny how Indonesia wise enough to limit foreign investment by anyone and America can’t even stop investment from adversary powers.
And we call them underdeveloped!
Trump is leveraging the power of the American market. No country in the world can really survive without access to the American market. Over decades of open markets, the entire world has built itself around the assumption that whatever they sold had to be available in America.
Indonesia doesn’t…really have a choice. Who else will buy their stuff? India and China are closed markets. Europe…isn’t really open either. Nobody else is big enough.
Worse, as each country signs, it puts even MORE pressure on other countries to sign. Vietnam and Indonesia will start eating into market share for other countries. What is Thailand supposed to do? Cambodia? Nigeria? Agree now or lose that sweet slice of American pie.
To put things in even starker perspective, Countries are on notice now. If their trade gets too far out of balance with the U.S., Trump will try and rectify it with tariffs.
Let say Boening is offering the 777 to Indonesia, in coemption with Airbus. BUT, if Indonesia buys the 777, it can then sell that much MORE to the U.S. Even if Boeing isn’t as cheap, or isn’t quite as good, there is a huge incentive to be American whenever possible. Because if you buy more, you can sell more.
Trump has created what amounts to a loyalty card program for other countries. A membership card. You get special advantages and discounts if you shop with us.