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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