I give it 3 months before Trump pauses all tariffs, says Dr M

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The ex-prime minister predicts a shortage of various goods in the US, both essential and non-essential, and a public backlash.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/04/24/i-give-it-3-months-before-trump-pauses-all-tariffs-says-dr-m  Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/04/24/dr-m-ramal-trump-akan-jeda-tarif-dalam-tempoh-3-bulan  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #DrMahathirMohamad #US #Tariffs

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00:00Dr. Mahathir Mohamad expects U.S. President Donald Trump to pause all ongoing tariffs within

00:07the next three months, saying the duty hurts the U.S. more than other countries. The former

00:13prime minister said tariffs were meant to make imports pricier and to boost demand for local

00:17products, but this depended on the availability of the latter. Mahathir said the U.S. practically

00:24has no local products, as it had relied on imports for over a decade as a much cheaper option.

00:30He predicted that the U.S. would face a shortage of various products, both essential and non-essential,

00:36and that a public backlash would ensue. Trump has paused the imposition of reciprocal import

00:42tariffs for 90 days, excluding the additional tariffs of 145% imposed on China. Malaysia initially

00:50received a 24% tariff rate, excluding electronics, while regional neighbor Cambodia was slapped

00:55with a 49% tariff, the heaviest among all Southeast Asian countries.

00:59Dhanush Rajarese, FMT.

01:01Dhanush Rajarese, FMT.

01:03Dhanush Rajarese, FMT.

01:05Dhanush Rajarese, FMT.

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