JAKARTA. The topics of fair trade, investment and stronger security cooperation dominated a one-hour discussion between President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and United States Vice President Mike Pence at the State Palace on Thursday. The US vice president, who is in Jakarta as part of a 10-day Asia-Pacific tour just two weeks after US President Donald Trump called for an investigation into the “trade imbalance” between the US and 16 countries, including Indonesia, was paying Jokowi a courtesy call. In a joint press conference after Thursday’s talks, held on the veranda of the State Palace over a cup of tea, Jokowi said Indonesia had secured commitments from the US to improve the US-Indonesia Strategic Partnership, which the President said would focus on trade and investment in the future.
Indonesia and US settle trade row
JAKARTA. The topics of fair trade, investment and stronger security cooperation dominated a one-hour discussion between President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and United States Vice President Mike Pence at the State Palace on Thursday. The US vice president, who is in Jakarta as part of a 10-day Asia-Pacific tour just two weeks after US President Donald Trump called for an investigation into the “trade imbalance” between the US and 16 countries, including Indonesia, was paying Jokowi a courtesy call. In a joint press conference after Thursday’s talks, held on the veranda of the State Palace over a cup of tea, Jokowi said Indonesia had secured commitments from the US to improve the US-Indonesia Strategic Partnership, which the President said would focus on trade and investment in the future.