00:00Indonesian goods entering the US will now face a 19% tariff,
00:05a decrease from the 32% initially imposed by the Trump administration.
00:10Indonesian leader Prabowo Subianto says he and US President Donald Trump have agreed
00:14to elevate trade relations between their two countries into what he calls a new era of mutual benefit.
00:22Prabowo, however, did not provide further details of the deal.
00:25Trump had struck the pack in exchange for significant purchase commitments from Jakarta following negotiations.
00:32This included a pledge to purchase 15 billion US dollars worth of US energy,
00:384.5 billion US dollars in American agricultural products and 50 Boeing jets.
00:43The deal is among only a handful secured so far by Washington,
00:48besides agreements with the UK and Vietnam ahead of the August 1st deadline.
00:52Trump has previously said other deals with India and the European Union are in the works.
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