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The Indonesian government said Friday that it has raised the purchase of gas, oil and American agricultural products, among others, during the negotiation of tariffs on imports from the United States, of 32 % for the largest economy of Southeast Asian. The Indonesian Minister of Cooperation for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, summarized today at a virtual press conference from Washington the advances made in the different meetings of Yakarta representatives in the US capital. The conversations included the Secretaries of State, Marco Rubio, and of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, as well as the head of the US Commercial Representative office. UU., Jamieson Greer. “The conversation between the Indonesian delegations, both with the commercial representative and with the Secretary of Commerce, was cordial and constructive,” said Hartarto. During Indonesia meetings, he proposed to increase the purchase of energy, including liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), crude and agricultural products, such as wheat, soybeans and soy flour. “Indonesia also offers collaboration in critical minerals and for simplification (of bureaucracy) in the importation of horticultural products from the United States,” said the Indonesian as possible changes in regulation and incentives to US companies operating in Indonesia.