FMM calls for govt action to safeguard manufacturing sector amid US tariff pause


Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) president Tan Sri Soh Thian Lai — MARIA IBRAHIM/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: The government should take decisive steps during the United States’s (US) 90-day reciprocal tariff pause window to protect Malaysia’s industrial base and long-term competitiveness, said the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM).

Its president Tan Sri Soh Thian Lai said the association recommends the government pursue targeted, sector-specific relief, particularly for rubber products, industrial machinery, non-semiconductor electrical and electronic components, furniture, paint, medical devices, garments, and the electronics manufacturing services sectors.

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