Subsidies can be double-edged swords


  • Letters
  • Thursday, 27 Jun 2019

AS highlighted by economist Dr Jomo Sundaram recently, we must be ready to brace for tough times ahead as our economy is facing real problems amid an intractable external situation which is deteriorating on an almost daily basis.

Until now the trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies (the United States and China) are not showing any sign of abating, nor is there any indication that a breakthrough may be achieved anytime soon.

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