KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will not lose its competitiveness to Vietnam even though it did not ratify the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
Malay Economic Action Council (MTEM) researcher Mohd Effuan Aswadi Abdul Wahab said there was no significant proof that there would be an increase in investment once a country signed a free trade agreement (FTA).
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