{"id":261691,"date":"2025-07-13T13:40:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T13:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/261691\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T13:40:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T13:40:15","slug":"eu-strikes-deal-with-indonesia-to-strengthen-trade-ties-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/261691\/","title":{"rendered":"EU strikes deal with Indonesia to strengthen trade ties \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Subianto arrived in Brussels over the weekend for talks in a bid to secure tariff-free access to the EU for Indonesian goods under the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement <\/a>(CEPA). While a deal had been under development, one key sticking point had been trade in palm oil products, which conflict with the EU\u2019s anti-deforestation policies<\/a>. <\/p>\n

“We are living in turbulent times and, when economic uncertainty meets geopolitical volatility<\/a>, partners like us must come closer together,” von der Leyen said in a joint press conference. “So today we’re taking a big step forward in this partnership.” <\/p>\n

The move comes just a day after U.S. President Donald Trump sent a letter to Brussels declaring EU exports to the country would be subject to 30 percent tariffs<\/a> starting Aug. 1, despite Brussels having scrambled to reach a deal with Washington. Two diplomats told POLITICO that they hoped the grace period gave additional time to negotiate an exemption.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor Indonesia, CEPA is not only about trade, it is about fairness, respect, and building a strong future together,\u201d said Subianto. \u201cThe agreement must support our efforts to grow our industries, create jobs,\u00a0and strengthen our sustainable development goals<\/a>,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We are ready to finalize it soon, in a way that benefits both our peoples<\/a>,\u201d Subianto said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Subianto arrived in Brussels over the weekend for talks in a bid to secure tariff-free access to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[28,6178,12495,32,2000,299,5187,1214,8262,2661,8753,479,1201,6862,49,1220],"class_list":{"0":"post-261691","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-buildings","9":"tag-conflict","10":"tag-development","11":"tag-donald-trump","12":"tag-eu","13":"tag-europe","14":"tag-european","15":"tag-exports","16":"tag-indonesia","17":"tag-oil","18":"tag-palm-oil","19":"tag-tariffs","20":"tag-trade","21":"tag-trade-agreements","22":"tag-united-states","23":"tag-ursula-von-der-leyen"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114846212343612922","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}