00:00Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Malaysia will send its officials to the U.S. to discuss
00:06the 24 percent tariff recently imposed on Malaysian imports.
00:10He said Malaysia's trade with the U.S. had long been a model of mutual gain, with its
00:15exports supporting Malaysia's growth and high-quality jobs across the U.S.
00:20He also said that while the Malaysia-U.S. trade relationship had served both countries
00:25well, the tariff might have a negative impact on both economies.
00:29As part of our soft diplomacy of quiet engagement, and I build this consensus among ASEAN leaders,
00:36we will be dispatching, together with our colleagues in ASEAN, our officials to Washington
00:41to begin the process of dialogue.
00:44Yesterday, Reuters reported that White House economic adviser Stephen Moran encouraged
00:48countries hoping to escape high U.S. tariff rates to make offers to Trump, saying the
00:53president would welcome moves to lower barriers to U.S. exports.
00:58On April 2, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a series of new tariffs that directly increased
01:03import duties on several of Washington's Southeast Asian trading partners.
01:08The hardest hit were Cambodia, with a basic tariff of 49 percent, followed by Laos at
01:1248 percent, Vietnam at 46 percent, and Myanmar at 44 percent.
01:18Narmada Raja, FMT.
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