{"id":167254,"date":"2025-09-25T00:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T00:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/167254\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T00:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T00:38:10","slug":"canada-signs-game-changing-trade-deal-with-indonesia-new-defence-pact-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/167254\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada signs \u2018game-changing\u2019 trade deal with Indonesia, new defence pact &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Dylan Robertson<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted September 24, 2025 7:05 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has signed new agreements on <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/trade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">trade<\/a> and defence cooperation with Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/mark-carney\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Carney<\/a> on Parliament Hill.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758298208_703_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The trade deal is comprehensive, meaning it opens up trade in multiple industries with the world\u2019s fourth most populous country.<\/p>\n<p>Carney said the \u201cgame-changing\u201d agreement is the first-ever bilateral trade pact signed with a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce it\u2019s fully implemented, it means that over 95 per cent of the tariffs on Canada\u2019s current exports to Indonesia will be reduced or eliminated,\u201d he told reporters in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey will all be at preferential rates, making our exports obviously far more competitive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister also announced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/department-national-defence\/news\/2025\/08\/canada-signs-a-military-cooperation-memorandum-of-understanding-with-indonesias-armed-forces.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new defence cooperation agreement<\/a> that will \u201cdeepen our collaboration on maritime security cyber defence, peacekeeping and military education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is critical for Canada as part of our Indo-Pacific strategy, and it sends a strong signal to the world that Canada and Indonesia are committed to working together for peace and stability in the region and beyond,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758298209_554_national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>Last November both countries announced they had finished trade negotiations that started in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Canada signs new trade agreement with Indonesia amid Trump tariff threat'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Canada_Indonesia_trade.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:24<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCanada signs new trade agreement with Indonesia amid Trump tariff threat\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11446156\/canadian-travel-to-us-declines-seven-consecutive-months\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758760690_176_Canada-U.S.-border-travel.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tCanadian travel to U.S. declines for 7th consecutive month amid trade war\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11446431\/canada-avoid-recession-q3\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758760690_498_Canada-recession-Q3-2025.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tWill Canada avoid a recession? Here\u2019s what economists say\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Indonesia is looking to Canada for resources and for potential work on critical minerals and nuclear energy technology.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia\u2019s population of 280 million people is younger than most, and the country has been trying to wean itself off the carbon economy as it copes with threats to its biodiversity.<\/p>\n<p>Subianto says Canada is a \u201cvery responsible, mature, leading power of the West\u201d but also one that has \u201cgreat empathy for the concerns of the developing nations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Canada has increased its engagements with ASEAN in recent years on economic and security matters in a bid to boost its presence in the Indo-Pacific and counter China\u2019s influence.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Additional files by Global News<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Dylan Robertson The Canadian Press Posted September 24, 2025 7:05 pm 1 min read Descrease article font&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2456,49,48,46,6110,2659,44,714,1215,3275],"class_list":["post-167254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-asean","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-economy","tag-indonesia","tag-mark-carney","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-trade","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}