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Freer, Free Trade Agreements Are Needed

Dr. Carmelo Ferlito, Chief Executive Officer, Center for Market Education

02-Dec-25 08:45

Freer, Free Trade Agreements Are Needed

The government highlights that a third of Malaysia’s FDI now comes from the CPTPP economies. Is this genuinely improving Malaysia’s trade and investment outlook or is the CPTPP effect overstated? Dr. Carmelo Ferlito, CEO of the Center for Market Education answers this questions whilst we also look at the recent PMI figures for clues as Malaysia's trade outlook.


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Produced by: Agnes Ong

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Keith Kam


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Categories:  economymarkets

Tags:  comprehensive and progressive agreement for trans-pacific partnershipmanufacturingpurchasing managers' indexexportsforeign direct investment





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