New global economy should be written in 'Asia's ink', says PM Anwar

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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that as Asia moves into the next chapter, the region must step up from being merely part of the process to becoming a key player in shaping the global economy.

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00:00Minister Dato Sri Anwar Ibrahim said Asia must move from being a participant

00:04to a key player in shaping the global economy.

00:08He stressed that this is crucial as trade rules, once seen as guarantees of certainty,

00:14are now being arbitrarily altered or sidelined,

00:17citing disruptions to subsidies and shifting export controls.

00:22Each of these reorderings were scripted by them far from our shores.

00:30Asia was present, onlooker, at times the victim, but never the author.

00:40Today, we have the responsibility to ensure that the next chapter is written with Asian ink as well.

00:52Now, we have, in Asia, that responsibility in this endeavour.

01:02Because in the past, what is globalisation and international trade

01:07is always designed, crafted, framed in transatlantic terms.

01:17But today, China and Asia is the engine of growth, global growth,

01:25home to the majority of the young, like you,

01:29and the centre of most dynamic technologies.

01:35Anwar made the remarks during a public lecture at Tianjin University.

01:39His four-day visit to Tianjin and Beijing, which began on Sunday,

01:43is at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

01:45Anwar made the remarks of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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