Vice President Harris Talked GSP, Critical Minerals in Indonesia
Vice President Kamala Harris talked about critical minerals with Indonesia's president and resilient supply chains with him and the president of the Philippines and prime minister of Japan during meetings in Jakarta this week on the sidelines of the biannual meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN Summit.
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In remarks before her meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo, she said, "Moving forward, we also look forward to working with you to increase the flow of goods and services between our nations, including through the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework.
"We will also continue to work with Indonesia to build resilient supply chains, including for the critical minerals required to expand our clean energy economies."
The U.S. readout of their Sept. 6 meeting, however, did not mention critical minerals, instead just saying the two countries wish to deepen "cooperation on economic growth and development" and build "a sustainable future."
The Indonesian government described the meeting saying that Widodo asked Harris to establish a critical minerals agreement, and "emphasized the expansion of market access through the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) scheme and the implementation of previously agreed-upon supply chain cooperation."
The readout of the meeting with Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said they "reaffirmed the strength of trilateral economic cooperation and discussed opportunities to bolster economic resilience, promote broad-based and sustainable economic growth, and invest in strong and diversified supply chains."