Malaysia Hit With 24 Reciprocal Tariff By The Us

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US president Donald Trump yesterday signed an executive order imposing reciprocal tariffs on 49 trading nations, ranging between 11% and 50%. (AP pic)
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has been hit with a 24% reciprocal tariff by the US, effective April 9.
According to an executive order signed by US president Donald Trump yesterday, Malaysia is one of 49 countries slapped with reciprocal tariffs.
Other countries include Cambodia (49%), Laos (48%), Vietnam (46%), Myanmar (45%), Thailand (37%), China (34%), Indonesia (32%), Brunei (24%), and the Philippines (18%).
The highest rate of 50% was imposed on Lesotho, and the lowest of 11% on the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In the executive order, Trump said it was the US’s policy to rebalance global trade flows by imposing the additional ad valorem duty on all imports from the 49 trading partners.
He said the additional ad valorem duty on imports from the trading partners would start at 10% from Saturday, and increase shortly after to the rates specified for the respective countries.
“These additional ad valorem duties shall apply until such time as I determine that the underlying conditions described above are satisfied, resolved, or mitigated,” he added.
Importers of goods from Singapore, which is not among the countries facing higher duties, will be subject to the standard 10% tariff.
The US president highlighted the lack of reciprocity in his country’s bilateral trade ties, disparate tariff rates and non-tariff barriers, as well as its trading partners’ economic policies which he said suppressed domestic wages and consumption.
“That threat has its source in whole or substantial part outside the US in the domestic economic policies of key trading partners and structural imbalances in the global trading system.
“I hereby declare a national emergency with respect to this threat,” he said.
The executive order also specified imports exempted from the reciprocal tariff, including copper, gold, timber, and pharmaceuticals. - FMT

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