Malaysia still working on tariff negotiations with US, says Zafrul

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Malaysia is still negotiating a deal to lower tariffs with the United States ahead of the Aug 1 deadline, says Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.   Tengku Zafrul said that while US President Donald Trump announced Indonesia had secured a 19% tariff rate, he had not obtained further information from the Indonesian government. Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4muw9bvb  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00So, can you comment about England and Trump?

00:02Oh, that's how we wait for the people from Indonesia.

00:06We've heard President Trump say that I don't have any further information.

00:10What we know is through the work that was made by the President of the United States.

00:16So, we're waiting for what will be used by the people of Indonesia.

00:23For us?

00:24For us, we're still in the conversation.

00:26Like I said earlier, we have until August 1.000, so we still have more time.

00:34But the important thing is that we must be sure that it will bring the better to the countries.

00:43It must win-win.

00:45Because in this case, we're still in the running.

00:49What about the daya I got 19?

00:51It's all in August 1.000, so we'll wait until August 1.000, so we're still in the 10% for Malaysia.

00:58And we're still in the same place for the sector-sector, like the pharmaceutical sector, the E&E, which is related to the medical doctor.

01:06What about the situation?

01:09What about the situation?

01:10What about the situation?

01:10We have to be realistic.

01:12There are issues that we can't compromise.

01:17There are issues that we can't compromise about the government, the industry, the strategy industry, that we can't compromise.

01:28And I think that if we look at what we agree with the company, we must agree to provide the same thing to all countries,

01:41including the ASEAN, Europe, China, and so on.

01:46So we must look at the same thing from the aspect.

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