Malaysia Must Navigate Rising Geopolitical, Economic Pressures As Trading Nation - Anwar

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 (Bernama) -- Malaysia must navigate rising geopolitical tensions and economic pressures as a trading nation deeply integrated into global supply chains, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. 

He said shifts in global power dynamics, particularly in trade, technology and geopolitics, have significant implications for a trading nation like Malaysia. 

“For a country that lives by trade, and essentially Malaysia is one with factories in the middle of the world’s chip supply chains, this is not a mere theoretical consideration. 

“A trading nation that is naive about this does not stay a trading nation for long,” he said in his opening remarks at the Khazanah National Bhd Megatrends Forum 2026 here today.

-- BERNAMA