US solar manufacturers said they have filed new trade petitions against India, Indonesia and Laos alleging illegal practices by largely Chinese-owned companies operating in those countries.

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.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a trade deal with Indonesia, the latest pact in a bid to cement better terms with trading partners and reduce a massive trade deficit, even as the European Union readied retaliatory measures should talks between Washington and its top trading partner fail.

The decision by Bank Indonesia to cut rates comes amid news of a trade deal with the U.S. that could ease the tariff overhang on the economy.

Indonesia's central bank delivered on Wednesday its fourth rate cut in an easing cycle that began in September, boosting support for Southeast Asia's biggest economy as it faces pressure from weakening global trade and slowing domestic demand.

Indonesian rescuers are searching for 11 people, including three children, still missing after a speedboat capsized during a storm the previous day off Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands

When the U.S. government launched an investigation in 2024 into whether solar cells and panels from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam were being