July 15 (UPI) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that a trade deal with Indonesia was reached to set 19% tariffs on its U.S. exports.

President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with Indonesia on Monday, eight days after he announced a 32 percent tariff on the nation, set to take effect on August 1.

WASHINGTON (July 16): US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he had struck a trade pact with Indonesia resulting in significant purchase commitments from the Southeast Asian country, following negotiations to avoid steeper tariffs. Indonesian goods entering the United States would face a 19 per cent tariff, Trump said in a post on his TruthRead More

Trump in a Truth Social post called it "great deal, for everybody," and said it followed direct dealings with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto.

Under the deal with Jakarta, there will be a 19 per cent tariff on imports into the US, but none on exports from the US to Indonesia, he told reporters in Washington on Tuesday

After long insisting that Canada could avoid Trump tariffs through talks, Mark Carney now says that is unlikely for any nation.

Negotiators from India and the US are working to reach a deal before the August 1 deadline Trump has set for making deals or face arbitrary tariffs.