‘In-person tariff negotiations no longer needed’


The country will no longer send a delegation to the United States for tariff negotiations as its proposal to Washington has already been deemed sufficient, according to the senior minister who’s leading the talks.

It’s a change from the delegation’s previous plans to head to Washington this week for a se­cond round of negotiations, as the South-East Asian nation works to bring down a planned 32% tariff on its exports to the United States.

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