United States and Indonesia Advance Issues at Trade and Investment Discussions

View the text of USTR's October 2 press release noting the conclusion of the Indonesia-United States meeting under their bilateral Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA). The United States welcomed the progress made in addressing some bilateral issues in the past year and discussed steps to resolve the many remaining concerns, including Indonesian market access restrictions in the agriculture, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, and express delivery sectors, as well as IPR developments. They also exchanged views on potential new initiatives to expand the bilateral economic relationship and to cooperate closely in APEC, which the United States hosts next year, and in ASEAN, which Indonesia chairs next year.