Indonesian textile exports – up to a volume to be decided – are set to receive a zero per cent tariff, which Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto touted as a coup for the four million Indonesian workers in the textile industry.

“Access to the US market is good, as Indonesia is planning to expand textile industry exports from around US$4 billion to US$40 billion in the next 10 years,” Mr Airlangga said at a press conference after the signing of the deal in Washington on Feb 19.

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Source: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-us-sign-trade-deal-finalising-19-per-cent-tariff-rate-and-no-levy-on-goods-like-coffee

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Addressing a press conference a day after the agreement, Goyal said, “This is the best deal India has received. It is a deal for all of us, bringing positive signals for the bright future of our citizens.”

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China’s state media is calling on the Canadian government to set a foreign policy path independent of the United States — what it calls “strategic autonomy.”

Canada has long been one of America’s closest allies, geographically and otherwise. But Beijing is hoping that President Donald Trump’s economic aggression — and, now, military action — against other countries will erode that longstanding relationship.

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Source: https://apnews.com/article/china-canada-carney-trump-strategic-autonomy-66f1277efa034750f0fd817b3a69bebb?fbclid=IwY2xjawPcnjRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeKg86dheL4z4Vsq8hChtSfywYdNBpxz7OtXs1F6xr3yYnjzly4oKgIwGbg6A_aem_eMFaOqzsbSEPwU98dD-nhQ

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French farmers blockaded sites in Paris on Thursday in protest against a sweeping trade deal the European Union is poised to sign with South American nations and other local grievances.

The farmers overran police checkpoints to enter the city, driving along the Champs-Élysées avenue and blocking the road around the Arc de Triomphemonument before dawn, before gathering in front of the National Assembly, France’s lower house of parliament.

National Assembly President Yael Braun-Pivet was booed and jostled when she stepped outside of the assembly’s gates to talk with protesters.

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Source: https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260108-french-farmers-take-tractor-protest-to-paris-amid-anger-over-mercosur-deal-cow-cull?fbclid=IwY2xjawPONkVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEedrGJDV7ujQaeCiu5qzKW5dEqxjXNUQsAGRNPzcSrWxyfBp7L0sbAezVXDgM_aem_Xo4lMPh0Pa3XLxv9xdPK5g

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It was Trump’s last event after a week of summits, trade talks and other diplomatic events in the Indo-Pacific. On the flight back to Washington, Trump told reporters traveling with him that he would rate the meeting with Xi “on a scale from zero to 10, with 10 being the best, I would say the meeting was a 12.”

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Source: https://www.npr.org/2025/10/30/nx-s1-5590754/trump-china-xi-meeting-lowers-tariffs?fbclid=IwY2xjawNwsLBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHoK4ip1FTWkpTWwhC6auRxTBQd3f9UJ9T9SCF74IZXKwU_VfsA7lEy5IjXB9_aem_Z-QI2CYwOe-AmpoFIPF7wA

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“We made our deal, pretty much finalized it,” Trump said at a dinner with Lee and other regional leaders on the sidelines of an Asia Pacific forum.

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The U.S. has struck a “Full and Complete Trade Deal” with South Korea, President Donald Trump said in a Wednesday Truth Social post.

If finalized, the U.S. would charge a 15% tariff on imports from South Korea, per Trump. U.S. goods imported to Korea, meanwhile, would not be subject to any tariffs.

Earlier this month, Trump shared a letter on X stating imports from South Korea would face a 25% tariff starting Aug. 1, when his previously announced country-specific reciprocal tariffs are slated to return.

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Source: https://www.manufacturingdive.com/news/us-south-korea-tariff-deal-15-percent-trump/756421/

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A “massive” $550 billion trade deal has been reached with Japan, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, adding that it will create hundreds of thousands of jobs.

“We just completed a massive Deal with Japan, perhaps the largest Deal ever made,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Japan will invest, at my direction, $550 Billion Dollars into the United States, which will receive 90% of the Profits. This Deal will create Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs — There has never been anything like it.”

Trump said Japan will open its country to trade in things like cars, trucks, rice and other agricultural products, as well as pay reciprocal tariffs of 15% to the U.S., under the deal.

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Source: https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-secures-historic-550-billion-trade-deal-japan-never-been-anything-like-it

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The UK and the EU have agreed a new trade deal – five years after Brexit kicked in.

Following six months of talks after Sir Keir Starmer promised a fresh deal when he became prime minister last July, the two sides have come to an agreement.

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Pet passports will be brought back so cats and dogs coming from the UK will no longer need pricey animal health certificates for every trip. After Brexit, pet owners had to get a certificate from a vet in the UK then a vet in the EU before returning.

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Source: https://news.sky.com/story/uk-eu-trade-deal-what-is-in-the-brexit-reset-agreement-13370912

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Why It Matters

The deal was announced by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent following talks with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and other Chinese officials in Geneva, Switzerland, over the weekend.

President Donald Trump dramatically hiked tariffs in early April in a bid to reduce the trade deficit and revive U.S. manufacturing. The tariffs brought nearly $600 billion in annual bilateral trade to a standstill and rattled the world’s two largest economies.

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Source: https://www.newsweek.com/china-issues-update-trade-deal-us-2070791

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