M'sia won't strike a trade deal just for the sake of it, Tengku Zafrul says

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He says Malaysia will only accept a trade deal with the US if it brings long-term benefits and respects national interests.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/07/09/msia-wont-strike-a-trade-deal-just-for-the-sake-of-it-tengku-zafrul-says  Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/07/09/malaysia-tak-akan-setuju-hanya-untuk-meterai-perjanjian-kata-tengku-zafrul  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 #USTariff #DonaldTrump #TengkuZafrulAziz

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00:01Malaysia will not accept a trade deal with the U.S. for the sake of it,

00:05and any agreement must ultimately benefit the country.

00:08This is what Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz said today

00:13after U.S. President Daul Trump announced that a 25% tariff would be imposed on Malaysian imports starting August 1.

00:20We don't want to reach a deal for the sake of reaching a deal.

00:24If we can reach a deal that benefits Malaysia,

00:27benefit Malaysia, then yes.

00:30But if the deal does not benefit Malaysia, we should not have a deal.

00:34We have to be firm on that.

00:36Between now and 1st of August, we will continue to engage the U.S. Trade Representative

00:41and the Secretary of Commerce through the Department of Commerce

00:44and their officials on the outstanding matters.

00:47He said any tariff reduction must be matched with a careful analysis

00:51of what Malaysia would be giving in return,

00:53and that trade-offs must be factored in.

00:56As I said, it's a negotiation.

00:58When we reduce the tariff, we need to see the impact

01:01of the request they want.

01:02They won't reduce tariff without us giving in on certain things.

01:05So we need to have a balance that we give in to some of the requests.

01:09Will that have an impact to Malaysia?

01:11If it's negative, then we have to see no.

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