Malaysian government's special envoy to China Tan Kok Wai said, "Malaysia greatly appreciates any effort to facilitate international trade. This is absolutely a positive development as Asean as a whole has outgrown the United States to become China's second biggest trading partner and this upgrade is proof of that."
MALAYSIA'S agricultural sector received a boost in June, after the country started shipping whole frozen durian to China.
With the upgrade protocol of the free trade area between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), Malaysian officials are confident that Malaysia will have greater access to the Chinese market.
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