WASHINGTON – February 20, 2026 – The Global Data Alliance welcomes the conclusion of the U.S.–Indonesia Agreement on Reciprocal Trade and commends both governments and their negotiating teams for advancing high-standard digital trade cooperation. The Agreement facilitates trusted cross-border data transfers for business purposes, recognizes the United States as an adequate data protection jurisdiction under Indonesian law, and commits the parties to collaborate on cybersecurity. It also prohibits discrimination against U.S. digital services and products distributed electronically, bars forced transfer of source code or proprietary technology as a condition of market entry, and supports bans customs duties on electronic transmissions.
“Today’s agreement reflects a shared understanding that economic growth, security cooperation, and innovation depend on the responsible movement of data,” said Joseph Whitlock, Executive Director of the Global Data Alliance. “By enabling cross-border access to knowledge and trusted data flows while opposing improper digital protectionism, the United States and Indonesia are setting a strong, practical model for digital trade in the Indo-Pacific.”
Mr. Whitlock added: “The Global Data Alliance particularly welcomes the commitments to refrain from imposition of customs duties on electronic transmissions, to support adoption of a permanent WTO moratorium on such duties, to eliminate related Indonesian tariff lines on ‘intangible products,’ and to suspend related import declaration requirements with Indonesian customs authorities. Today’s deal represents a remarkable, unprecedented step forward in the US-Indonesia trading relationship.”