April 26, 2025 | 09:30 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Tempo English compiled the top 3 news on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Here are the highlights: Indonesia Details Five-Step Approach to Reciprocal Tariff Talks with U.S.; Indonesia Open to Foreign Payment Providers, Addresses QRIS Issue; and Govt Notes Rising Trend of Indonesians Working as Online Gambling Operators.
The following is the list of the top 3 news on Tempo English today:
1. Indonesia Details Five-Step Approach to Reciprocal Tariff Talks with U.S.
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati outlined five steps for Indonesia’s negotiations with the U.S., including adjustments to import quotas and TKDN requirements.
These measures address U.S. reciprocal tariffs. The first step refines tariff regulations on selected U.S. products. The second focuses on increasing imports of oil, gas, technology, and agricultural goods not produced domestically. The third step includes reforms in taxation and customs.
The fourth step adjusts non-tariff measures, including TKDN, import quotas, and deregulation of technical regulations.
Sri also announced swift import trade remedies to protect domestic industries from unfair trade practices, in line with WTO rules.
2. Indonesia Open to Foreign Payment Providers, Addresses QRIS Issue
Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, addressed concerns raised by the United States government regarding the Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard (QRIS) and the National Payment Gateway (GPN), which were claimed as trade barriers.
Airlangga emphasized that Indonesia welcomes foreign operators, including Mastercard and Visa.
"There is no change in the credit card sector. Furthermore, in the gateway sector, they are open to entering the front end and participating directly," Airlangga said during a virtual press conference on Friday, April 25, 2025.
3. Govt Notes Rising Trend of Indonesians Working as Online Gambling Operators
Commissioner General Raja Sinambela, Director of Cyber Protection for Indonesian Migrant Workers, explained that the lure of high wages has led many Indonesian migrant workers to take the risk of working in Cambodia.
"Working as an online gambling operator seems to be a trend. One person returns, leaves to bring four others there," said Raja.
Raja noted that Cambodia’s online gambling laws have opened illegal job opportunities for Indonesians, despite no official migrant worker agreement between the two countries.
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