Indonesia Says US to Exempt It From Certain Section 301 Tariffs

The Office of the United States Trade Representative plans to grant 18 tariff exclusion requests for Indonesian products under its ongoing Section 301 investigation, according to a statement from Indonesia’s Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs.

• Statement follows a meeting in Paris between Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto and USTR Ambassador Jamieson Greer
• NOTE: The exclusion comes as the US moves to impose tariff on Indonesian goods, categorizing the nation among those failing to effectively enforce bans on forced-labor imports
• Exemptions are slated to take effect after July 24, which marks the expiration date of the current temporary ...