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Trump announces 19 percent tariff on Indonesia
The United States has struck a trade deal with Indonesia resulting in significant purchase commitments from the Southeast Asian country, following negotiations to avoid steeper US tariffs. US President Donald Trump announced the new deal on Tuesday. The agreement imposes a 19 percent tariff on Indonesian goods entering the US, Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. Under the deal, which was finalised after Trump spoke with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, goods that have been transshipped to avoid higher duties will face steeper levies. 'As part of the Agreement, Indonesia has committed to purchasing $15 Billion Dollars in US Energy, $4.5 Billion Dollars in American Agricultural Products, and 50 Boeing Jets, many of them 777's,' Trump wrote. In a separate post earlier on Tuesday, Trump touted the finalised pact as a 'great deal, for everybody'. Boeing stock remained relatively flat on the announcement. Last week, Trump renewed his threat of a 32 percent levy on Indonesian goods, saying in a letter to the country's leadership that this level would take effect August 1. It remains unclear when the lower tariff level announced Tuesday will take effect for Indonesia. The period over which its various purchases will take place was also not specified. Lagging on trade agreements The Trump administration has been under pressure to wrap up trade pacts after promising a flurry of deals recently, as countries sought talks with Washington, DC to avoid Trump's tariff plans. When Trump first postponed tariffs on April 2, the White House said it would have 90 deals in 90 days. But the US president has so far only unveiled other deals with Britain and Vietnam, alongside an agreement to temporarily lower tit-for-tat levies with China. He separately told reporters that other deals are in the works including with India, while talks with the European Union are continuing. Indonesia's former Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Dino Patti Djalal told a Foreign Policy magazine event on Tuesday that government insiders had indicated they were happy with the new deal. Trump in April imposed a 10 percent tariff on almost all trading partners, while announcing plans to eventually hike this level for dozens of economies, including the EU and Indonesia. Last week, days before the steeper duties were due to take effect, he pushed the deadline back from July 9 to August 1. This marked his second postponement of the elevated levies. Instead, since early last week, Trump has been sending letters to partners, setting out the tariff levels they would face come August. So far, he has sent more than 20 such letters, including to the EU, Japan, South Korea and Malaysia. Canada and Mexico, both countries that were not originally targeted in Trump's 'reciprocal' tariff push in April, also received similar documents outlining updated tariffs for their products.
Al Jazeera
an hour ago
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US asks Israel to probe ‘terrorist' killing of American citizen by settlers
The administration of United States President Donald Trump has called on Israel to probe the killing of 20-year-old American citizen Sayfollah Musallet, who was beaten to death by settlers in the occupied West Bank, calling the incident a 'terrorist act'. Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, said on Tuesday that he asked Israel to 'aggressively investigate' the killing of the Florida-born Musallet, who was visiting family when he was attacked in the Palestinian town of Sinjil. 'There must be accountability for this criminal and terrorist act,' Huckabee wrote in a social media post. 'Saif was just 20 yrs old.' The US envoy's statement stops short of backing the Musallet family's demand for Washington to launch its own probe into the killing. Critics say Israel rarely holds its settlers or soldiers accountable for abuses against Palestinians. Musllet was the ninth US citizen to be killed by Israel since 2022. None of the previous cases has led to criminal charges. Yet, the strongly worded post marks a rare critical stance towards Israel by Huckabee, a staunch Israel supporter, who has previously said, 'There's really no such thing as a Palestinian.' Another Palestinian, identified by health officials as Mohammed Shalabi, was shot dead by settlers during the same attack that killed Musallet on Friday. Israeli settlers have been intensifying their assaults on Palestinian communities in the West Bank since the outbreak of the war on Gaza in 2023. Often protected by the Israeli military, settlers regularly descend from their illegal settlements onto Palestinian towns, where they ransack homes, cars and farms and attack anyone who may stand in their way. Several Western countries, including top allies of Israel, have imposed sanctions on far-right Israeli officials and groups over settler violence. Trump lifted sanctions related to settler attacks, put in place by his predecessor, Joe Biden, after returning to the White House earlier this year. The US provides Israel with billions of dollars in military aid annually. Over the past few days, several Congress members have called for accountability for Musallet. Hakeem Jeffries, the top Democrat in the House of Representatives, called the killing of Musallet 'shocking and appalling'. 'The Israeli government must thoroughly investigate this killing and hold any and all settlers responsible for the brutal death of Mr Musallet accountable to the fullest extent of the law,' he said in a statement. Congressman Maxwell Frost, who represents a district in Florida, also decried the 'cold-blooded murder'. 'As our country's self-proclaimed peacemaker, Donald Trump has a moral and constitutional obligation to direct the State Department to conduct a thorough investigation and, more importantly, to demand full justice and accountability for those responsible for this heinous act,' Frost said in a statement. 'Our country must ensure the protection and safety of Americans abroad.' On Friday, Israel said it was 'investigating' what happened in Sinjil, claiming that the violence started when Palestinians threw rocks at an Israeli vehicle. 'Shortly thereafter, violent clashes developed in the area between Palestinians and Israeli civilians, which included the destruction of Palestinian property, arson, physical confrontations, and stone-throwing,' the Israeli military said in a statement. But Musallet's family has disputed any account of 'clashes', saying that a 'mob' of settlers surrounded the young Palestinian American for three hours during the attack and prevented medics from reaching him. Florida's Republican politicians have been largely silent about the killing of Musallet. The offices of the state's two senators, Rick Scott and Ashley Moody, did not respond to Al Jazeera's request for comment. Since Musallet was killed on Friday, Scott has shared several social media posts in support of Israel.
Al Jazeera
3 hours ago
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Court says Trump can't bar refugees from entering US with travel ban
A United States federal judge has ruled that the administration of President Donald Trump cannot block approved refugees from entering the country under the guise of a wider travel ban. US District Judge Jamal Whitehead ruled late on Monday that Trump's June order barring people from 12 countries from entering the US expressly states that it will not stop people from seeking refugee status. 'In other words, by its plain terms, the Proclamation excludes refugees from its scope,' Whitehead wrote. The ruling is the latest development in a dizzying number of court cases challenging the Trump administration's efforts to radically restrict immigration through a raft of policies that have stretched the limits of executive power. The judge ordered the administration to continue processing a group of 80 refugees who had already been through vetting and were 'presumptively protected refugees' who were nonetheless turned back due to the travel ban. That ban applies to 12 countries and expands on a similar effort pursued by Trump during his first term in office, when his so-called 'Muslim ban' prompted widespread anger and faced legal challenges before being ultimately upheld by the conservative-majority Supreme Court. The June order applies to countries such as Afghanistan, Yemen, Iran, and Sudan, as well as Haiti and Myanmar, among others. The administration has also revoked existing legal status for scores of people from countries like Afghanistan and Haiti, throwing their future in the country into doubt and opening them up to the possibility of deportations to countries that experts say remain mired in conflict and unsafe conditions. A US court temporarily paused an order by the Trump administration ending Temporary Protective Status (TPS) for Afghans living in the US on Monday, several hours before it was set to expire, extending that status by one week as the court deliberates on the issue further. Trump suspended the US refugee admissions programme upon entering office at the beginning of his second term in January, leaving thousands of people who had already been cleared for admission, sometimes after years of an arduous bureaucratic and vetting process, in a state of limbo. A handful of refugees and advocacy groups sued, and Whitehead ruled in February that the administration could not suspend a programme created and funded by Congress. A US Circuit court put that decision on hold in March, however, ruling that the president has wide latitude over the question of who may enter the country.
