Jakarta, April 15 -- The government is seeking the quick completion of the Indonesia-European Union Comprehensive Partnership Agreement (IEU-CEPA) to address the impact of US reciprocal tariffs, according to chairperson of the National Economic Council (DEN), Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan.

"Amid global trade uncertainty due to the new tariffs policy from the United States, we see the acceleration of the IEU-CEPA as a strategic step to diversify trading partners and reduce dependence on certain markets," he explained.

He made the remarks while receiving a visit from a delegation of the Committee on International Trade (INTA) of the European Parliament, led by Bernd Lange, in Jakarta on Tuesday.

He noted that the EU is Indonesia's main trading...