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Trump Announces ‘Great Deal’ on Trade With Indonesia

President Trump said the agreement would partly walk back some of the steep tariffs he threatened on the country last week. Indonesia’s president called Mr. Trump a “tough negotiator.”

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President Trump called a trade agreement with Indonesia a “great deal for everybody.”

Trump’s New Trade Threats Set Off Global Scramble to Avoid Tariffs

Many countries thought they were negotiating in good faith. The White House renewed its “reciprocal” tariff plan anyway, giving countries until Aug. 1 to make offers.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

President Trump, with the commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, presented a list of tariffs from different countries at the White House in April.
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