President Prabowo's Strategy To Face Trump's Tariffs For RI

The import tariffs set by US President Donald Trump have prompted President Prabowo Subianto to take action. Prabowo outlined a number of strategies to find a way out of the new provisions. 

It is known that import tariffs from America to Indonesia have reached 32%. Prabowo also acknowledged that the policy had a severe impact. 

Prabowo also promised to find a way out together by seeking new markets. 

"This Trump problem will, we have to see later, maybe we will experience a severe impact, maybe, especially those that could be affected are the textile, shoe, garment, and furniture industries. Yes, this. This is difficult because it is labor-intensive," said Prabowo during a discussion with editors-in-chief of national media, as broadcast on YouTube detikcom, Monday (7/4/2025). 

"We will find a way out, we must dare to find new markets. We are too spoiled, we have been attracted to the American economy, right, because this is the economic system that America taught us, right, free market, globalization, borders, they taught us, we are loyal students, we follow what the teach us, all the time. The sixties, the seventies, the eighties, we followed America, the most loyal, the most loyal," he said. 

"Now we have to wake up, we have to be mature, not only us, Europe, Asian countries, all, Australia, all. 'Oh, so now the situation has changed', it is true that the situation has changed," he continued. 

Prabowo admitted that he had reminded us of this several years ago before becoming president. However, he was always considered rhetorical. 

"That's what I've been reminding you for years, please open my track record, my digital record, I've been reminding you 'brothers and sisters, Indonesia must stand on our own feet', but people say it's rhetoric, no, I've been aware for a long time. That one day nobody is going to help us, no one will help us except ourselves, this is reality. No one will help India, no one will help Vietnam, every country must take care of itself," Prabowo explained. 

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