Malaysia not ready to sign TPP


SINGAPORE: Malaysia is not ready to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and like its other Asean counterparts should focus on regional integration, a top government official said.

“I don’t want to speak on behalf of the International Trade and Industry Ministry, but as far as I know, we are not ready,” Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Paul Low told Malaysian journalists covering the Invest Asean 2014 conference here yesterday.

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