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Malaysian Markets Unfazed By US Tariffs

Peter Lim, Chief Research Officer, Trident Analytics

11-Aug-25 07:00

Malaysian Markets Unfazed By US Tariffs

The FBM KLCI gained 1.5% in the five days after Donald Trump’s latest round of sweeping tariffs came into force on August 7th. Does this indicate resilience in Malaysia’s capital markets or have local investors grown indifferent to tariff threats? For answers, we speak to Peter Lim, Chief Research Officer at Trident Analytics.

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Produced by: Natalie Tan, Jake Lim

Presented by: Elaine Boey, Wong Shou Ning, Shazana Mokhtar


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Tags:  semiconductor tariffsfbm klcimalaysian techTrump tariffsasean economy





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