Indonesia’s US trade deal faces a sovereignty reckoning at home
South China Morning Post
by Resty Woro YuniarMarch 7, 2026
Indonesia went to Washington to negotiate a trade deal and came home with more than 200 obligations to America’s nine.
A day after the signing, the US Supreme Court struck down the legal basis for the tariff threat that had driven the whole exercise – for a time, at least.
Detractors have likened this “agreement on reciprocal trade” to a blank cheque and a surrender of Indonesia’s sovereignty. The government, for its part, calls it a win-win.
The deal was signed by President Prabowo Subianto on...
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Originally published on South China Morning Post on 3/7/2026