Trump Tariffs Could Trigger US Trade Frontload

Imran Yusof, Head of Research, MIDF

12-Nov-24 09:15

Trump Tariffs Could Trigger US Trade Frontload

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MIDF predicts that transshipment activity could heighten in the short term as firms frontload shipments to the US to preempt the imposition of further Trump tariffs. How might this impact Malaysian shipping players? We discuss the outlook for the transport sector with Imran Yusof, Head of Research at MIDF.

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Produced by: Grace Tan, Adani Binti Mohamad Zaidi, Wong Shou Ning

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Keith Kam

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Categories: economy, markets

Tags: ports and logistics, transshipment, transport, malaysia, us, donald trump, china,

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