MALAYSIA MOVES TO PROTECT LOCAL FIRMS AS CHEAP CHINESE GOODS FILL MARKET

Malaysia is stepping up scrutiny of foreign-run businesses amid concerns from local operators over competition from China. The government wants to retain Chinese investment, technology and affordable consumer goods, while assuring local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that foreign competitors are not subject to different rules.

News - South China Morning Post reports that malaysia is stepping up scrutiny of foreign-run businesses amid concerns from local operators over competition from China.

The report adds: The government wants to retain Chinese investment, technology and affordable consumer goods, while assuring local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that foreign competitors are not subject to different rules.

Former trade and investment minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz, now chairman of the Malaysian Investment Development Authority, said government social media analysis had...

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