Global Investment Research Asia Neumann says shipments are likely to cool as higher tariffs made Malaysian and other Asian goods more expensive in the United States.
PETALING JAYA: Economists are offering varying views as to whether external trade will grow in the second half of the year or 2H25 after the slight year-on-year (y-o-y)dip in May, with June’s numbers scheduled to be out tomorrow.
Nevertheless, they remain confident that the country can achieve a gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of between 4% and 5% this year, although a continued slowdown is being forecast for 2026.
