{"id":2024361,"date":"2023-09-07T08:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T12:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indonesia-proposes-critical-minerals-trade-deal-with-us\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T08:43:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T12:43:21","slug":"indonesia-proposes-critical-minerals-trade-deal-with-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indonesia-proposes-critical-minerals-trade-deal-with-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia suggests trade deal for vital minerals with US."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Findonesia-proposes-critical-minerals-trade-deal-with-us%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2024361&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h2>JAKARTA Asks U.S. for Trade \u200bDeal on Critical Minerals<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Indonesian government has requested the United States to initiate discussions on a \u200btrade\u200d agreement for critical minerals.\u200c This move aims\u200c to ensure that exports\u200d from Indonesia can be covered under the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act. \u200bThe request was made\u2062 during a meeting between Indonesian \u200cPresident Joko\u200c Widodo and U.S. Vice President Kamala \u2063Harris\u200b on the sidelines \u200cof the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meetings in Jakarta.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Under the guidelines of the U.S. law issued in March, a certain amount of critical \u200cminerals in electric vehicle (EV) batteries must be\u2062 produced or\u2063 assembled in North America or a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/californias-energy-meltdown-proves-a-stunning-failure-of-progressive-ideology\/\" title=\"California\u2019s Energy Meltdown Proves a Stunning Failure of Progressive Ideology\">free trade partner<\/a>. This requirement\u200b allows EVs sold\u2063 in the United\u200b States to\u2063 be \u2062eligible for\u200d tax credits. \u2062However, Indonesia does \u2064not have a free trade agreement with the United States. Nevertheless, \u2063the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indonesia-proposes-critical-minerals-trade-deal-with-us\/\" title=\"Indonesia suggests trade deal for vital minerals with US.\">resource-rich country\u200b aims<\/a> to become a major player in EV and battery manufacturing, leveraging its vast nickel reserves.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia, known for holding the world&#8217;s \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ford-in-4-5-billion-deal-for-ev-battery-materials-plant\/\" title=\"Ford in .5 billion deal for EV battery materials plant\">largest nickel reserves<\/a> of 21\u2064 million metric tons, believes \u2062it can become a significant supplier of batteries and EVs to the \u200cU.S. market. \u200dPresident Joko Widodo, popularly known as \u200bJokowi, stated,\u2064 &#8220;Indonesia invites the U.S. to discuss the formation of the Critical Mineral\u200d Agreement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore,\u200b President Widodo hopes that Indonesia&#8217;s involvement in the\u2063 U.S.-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) will enable\u200d its mineral exports to be \u2062recognized \u2063for &#8220;green subsidies&#8221;\u200c under the inflation act.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal for\u200d a limited free trade deal \u200dwith the United States was initially raised in April\u2062 by\u2063 senior \u200bIndonesian minister Luhut Pandjaitan. He expressed\u200b Jakarta&#8217;s desire to offer Washington an agreement similar\u200c to the March \u2062deal between Japan and the Western power for \u2062EV battery minerals.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Harris, in her opening speech \u2063during the bilateral meeting, expressed \u2062her commitment to working \u200cwith Indonesia to establish supply chains\u200d that include &#8220;critical minerals required to\u2063 expand our clean energy economies.&#8221; \u200bShe also emphasized the importance of boosting \u2062trade\u2063 between the two countries \u2063through \u200dthe \u2064IPEF.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>  (Reporting by Gayatri Suroyo; Editing by Kanupriya Kapoor)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/indonesia-proposes-critical-minerals\/attachment\/asean-summit-in-jakarta-5\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>As Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Ukraine to offer\u2064 commitments\u200d of further military assistance,\u200d GOP Senators are \u200craising concerns about the Biden \u2064Administration\u2019s goals in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>New York \u200cGovernor\u200d Kathy \u200cHochul \u200bmet\u200c with President Biden last week to discuss\u2064 the state\u2019s \u200dongoing migrant\u2062 crisis. 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