Jakarta, July 15 -- Trade Minister Budi Santoso encouraged labor-intensive industries to increase exports by leveraging international trade agreements Indonesia has forged with multiple countries.

"Indonesia has trade agreements that can be used to promote Indonesian products. The government remains determined to support labor-intensive manufacturing products, striving for more competitive tariffs in export destination countries," he said in a statement here on Wednesday.

The Ministry of Trade, he added, is committed to strengthening synergy with export-oriented industrial actors to expand market access and boost the competitiveness of the national manufacturing sector.

To that end, Santoso hosted representatives from Epson's Japan hea...