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JAKARTA: Indonesia lobbied visiting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to keep the Southeast Asian nation on a list of countries that receive preferential trade terms, its foreign and trade ministers said on Sunday."President Joko Widodo has delivered Indonesia's hope that the US will maintain the country's GSP (Generalised System of Preferences) facility," Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi told reporters after meeting Pompeo. In April, the US Trade Representative's Office said it was reviewing the eligibility of Indonesia, along with India and Kazakhstan, for the GSP, based on concerns over compliance with services and investment criteria."Around 53 percent of the goods covered by the GSP are commodities with links to products the US exports, while 35 percent are related to the production process of US products," Marsudi said. (Reuters)
