The US going down a slippery slope


POST-LIBERATION Day, and after allowing the 90-day window to negotiate with the rest of the world, the day of reckoning was finally here as several nations were given their “number”, as far as the imposition of reciprocal tariffs is concerned, just before the July 9 deadline.

So far, 24 nations have received their revised reciprocal tariff rates, including Malaysia at 25%.

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