New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- Mari Elka Pangestu, Special Advisor for International Trade and Multilateral Cooperation to the President of Indonesia, has stressed the importance of ASEAN, RCEP, and other regional trade platforms in helping Asian nations build resilience against tariffs imposed by the United States.

In a conversation with ANI, Pangestu highlighted the need for strengthening intra-regional trade and investment to counter uncertainties arising from what she referred to as "liberation day tariffs."

"India and Indonesia have very strong and established economic relations, and we have a pre-trade agreement within ASEAN which is currently being amended and updated. We do hope that there will be an early conclusion of this deal because ...