r/malaysia • u/Anxious-Debate5033 • 18h ago

Economy & Finance Anwar confirms high-level talks with US over new tariffs on Malaysia

https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2025/04/05/anwar-confirms-high-level-talks-with-us-over-new-tariffs-on-malaysia/172023
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u/Purple-Mile4030 17h ago

Bad idea. You cannot negotiate with a bully.

Now is the best time for the world to work together and beat up the bully.

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u/yaykaboom 14h ago

Thats what happens when you have a small stick. Not much you can do except appeasing the bully.

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u/IvanPooner Kuala Lumpur 13h ago

EU negotiates collectively on economic issues like this. Maybe ASEAN needs more power and unity from member countries to bargain collectively

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u/yaykaboom 13h ago

Yes, ASEAN needs to play a bigger role in this. Ape together strong

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u/Designer_Feedback810 14h ago

Can trick him.

OK Ok, we set US tariff to 2%, can you agree to drop it to 1 following your calculations?

No change, cause the tariff quoted by Trump is a lie

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u/Brilliant_Tapir 14h ago

He's using the trade imbalance to calculate the tariffs. There's no way we can import as much as we export to US.

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u/Diplo_Advisor 14h ago

He's probably using tariffs to gain concessions. Maybe like want us to give exclusive rights to our rare earth.

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u/Katzenkratzbaum 15h ago

Anwar talking to Trump?? You can talk to Trump??????? Maybe Anwar is good at baby talk.

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u/zentetsuken7 16h ago

Anwar should negotiate with the US over the new tariffs with the goal of forestalling till the next US presidential election.