KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is at a higher risk of being slapped with new tariffs for exports into the United States should Donald Trump win in the November presidential poll.
Lee Heng Guie, executive director of the Socio-Economic Research Centre (SERC), said Trump’s tariff may target countries with significant trade surplus with the United States. This includes Malaysia, which recorded a trade surplus of RM42bil against the United States in the first eight months of 2024.
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