Mari Pangestu, Indonesia President's Special Advisor for International Trade says Indonesia will continue to negotiate with the U.S. on the details of the trade agreement and stresses that deregulation and reforms are key to Indonesia's response to the uncertainty in the world these days.

Trump announced the pact with Indonesia, a relatively minor U.S. trading partner, as he continued to press for what he views as better terms with trading partners and ways to shrink a huge U.S. trade deficit.

Indonesia sees securing a 19% tariff rate with the US as a “huge win” for some of the Southeast Asian nation’s most labor-intensive sectors such as garments and footwear, a government adviser said Wednesday.

The reciprocal tariff agreement between the US and Indonesia could lead to a trade imbalance and a deficit in the balance of payments.

A group of U.S. solar panel manufacturers asked the Commerce Department to impose anti-dumping and countervailing duties on imports from Indonesia, India and Laos, according to documents on an agency web site.

Indonesia’s president confirmed he struck a tariff deal with the US after direct negotiations with President Donald Trump accelerated months of talks between officials of both countries.