Mergawati

‘Get rid of trade barriers’

By Mergawati Zulfakar

ASEAN still has a long way towards integrating its 10 economies due to a high number of trade barriers in the grouping.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said between 2000 and 2015, non-tariff barriers (NTBs) and measures (NTMs) rose from 1,634 to 5,975.

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