Jakarta, May 28 -- Deputy Trade Minister Dyah Roro Esti met with the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) president to discuss strategic research collaboration to strengthen ASEAN's response to US tariff impacts.

During a meeting with ERIA President Tetsuya Watanabe in Jakarta, Tuesday (May 27), she discussed a research proposal for ERIA to conduct a comprehensive and multidimensional analysis of the US tariff policy issue.

"This study will be very useful, both as learning material at the ERIA School of Government (SoG) and as a reference in formulating future trade policies for Indonesia and ASEAN," Esti noted in her statement.

At the meeting, she highlighted the impact of the implementation of US reciprocal tari...