Indonesia on Wednesday said that it had reached a trade deal with the United States after an “extraordinary struggle” in negotiations that resulted in a reduction of proposed US tariff rates on the Southeast Asian country’s exports to 19 percent from 32 percent.

Donald Trump said the US had reached a trade deal with Indonesia that would result in goods from the south-east Asian nation to the US being hit with a 19 per cent tariff and Jakarta buying American energy and Boeing jets.

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia's president said U.S. counterpart Donald Trump was a "tough negotiator" after the two countries reached a trade deal that led to a reduction of proposed tariff rates to 19% from 32%.