Cooperate Where We Can, Compete Where We Must

Dr Benjamin Barton, Associate Professor, University of Nottingham Malaysia

04-Jun-25 07:45

Cooperate Where We Can, Compete Where We Must

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Malaysia has been working hard to enhance ties with the UK with a number of high-level working visits this year by Prime Minister Datuk Sri Anwar Ibrahim in January and the ongoing visit of the Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Dr Benjamin Barton, Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham Malaysia, breaks down these visits as well as the UK's own approach to China.

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Produced by: Tun Hizami Hashim

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Keith Kam

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