1. Malaysia’s trade ministry said the tariff rate was a ‘positive outcome’, achieved without compromising on the nation’s key policies - South China Morning Post
- RM1.14 trillion purchase/investments in US
- annual procurement of liquefied natural gas valued at RM15b !!!
- Malaysia will invest in US US$70b over 10 years
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2. Yang berikut ini tajuk berita New York Times:
What’s It Like to Deal With Brutal U.S. Tariffs? Ask Malaysia.
President Trump On Friday unveiled a new layer of tariffs — set at a global rate of 40 percent — on all goods that move through a third country before they get to the United States. The tariffs are aimed at stopping transshipment, a practice the administration says has allowed Chinese-made goods to skirt punitive tariffs.
The policy landed with a thunderbolt in Southeast Asia, where Chinese investment has helped the economies of poorer neighbors grow more quickly. A crackdown on transshipment will be an economic blow. It also complicates the supply chain in Southeast Asia, which depends heavily on Chinese raw materials and components. Officials are rushing to assess the consequences - New York Times.
3. Ini berita Business Times:
https://youtu.be/VGofTrDgx7Y
M'sia commits US$242.56b (RM1.14 trillion) purchase/investments in US
part of efforts to narrow trade imbalance with US
Zafrul said commercial considerations helped secure lower 19% US tariff
(OSTB: Pelik bin Ajaib. Hari itu kita kena 20% tariff dah. Lepas itu depa announce 19%. Ok very good. Rupanya kita kena belanja RM1.14 TRILLION??)
- US encourages M'sia to undertake procurement/investment in US
- buy Boeing aircraft worth US$19b
- Multinationals procure goods worth US$150b over five years.
- annual procurement of liquefied natural gas valued at RM15b !!!
(OSTB: Pelik bin Ajaib tapi kita pun pengekspot gas asli !! Pasal apa pula kita kena beli RM15b gas asli dari Amerika setiap tahun!!)
- procure telecommunications products US$119 million
- buy coal valued at US$42.6 million annually.
- Malaysia will cross-border investments in US US$70b over 10 years.
(OSTB: Pelik bin Ajaib kita kena FDI di Amerika pula?? US$70b for 10 years?? Maksudnya kita kena invest US$7b every year di Amerika. Atau hampir RM30 BILLION setiap tahun!! Tapi negara kita tak cukup FDI.)
4. The Edge pula laporkan: Meanwhile, of these 11,260 products Malaysia agreed to reduce tariffs on 6,911 products.
OSTB: Habis baki 4,349 products macam mana? Import duty, excise bla bla on imported cars macam mana?
5. Ini berita South China Morning Post:
Malaysia’s US tariff deal comes with US$240 billion price tag
Analysts warn unfunded government commitments could drain state funds and far outstrip the country’s existing trade imbalance with the US
tariff from Washington rapidly giving way
to reality of US$240 billion obligation to
address the US deficit in bilateral trade
analysts warning the burden could ultimately
leave the country at a disadvantage.
Following months of threats from
President Donald Trump and protracted
negotiations with Washington, Southeast
Asia’s economies were hit with a range of
US tariffs last week. For all, the United States
is a major export market - South China Morning Post
Malaysia depa ada 'dasar-dasar keramat' yang tidak boleh diubah.
Dasar monopoli, kuota, AP, oligopoli yang kebanyakannya menguntungkan
kaum elit, taikun-taikun besar yang pegang concession, AP, lesen
monopoli, GLC-GLC yang juga pegang monopoli, oligopoli dsbnya.
Trump boleh faham game ini. So Trump kata, 'Ok if you want to
keep your dasar-dasar keramat I will give you an option. You
belanja RM1.14 TRILLION in the US'. Problem solved'
Maka kita kenalah "brutal" seperti mana disebut oleh New York Times.
Tuan-Tuan someone has to pay that RM1.14 TRILLION.
Agak-agak siapa yang akan bayar that RM1.14 TRILLION?
Siapa yang akan jadi miskin dulu?
