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Malaysia's Progress Towards Becoming A Global Trade Destination

Carmelo Ferlito, CEO, CME

19-May-23 07:45

Malaysia's Progress Towards Becoming A Global Trade Destination

Malaysia is doing better than average in terms of reducing trade barriers compared to her Asia Pacific peers. We rank 45th out of 88 countries in the International Trade Barrier Index by Washington DC-based think tank the Tholos Foundation in partnership with Malaysia’s Centre for Market Education. CME's Carmelo Ferlito tells us what the study shows us.

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Produced by: Sim Wie Boon

Presented by: Keith Kam, Mark Tan, Shazana Mokhtar


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Categories:  internationaleconomy

Tags:  malaysia trade barrierglobal trading





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