A Tech Hub’s Plan to Upgrade for the A.I. Age Runs Into Trump’s Tariffs

A Tech Hub’s Plan to Upgrade for the A.I. Age Runs Into Trump’s Tariffs

The Intel factory is in the same neighborhood as the one set up by AMD, a rival chipmaker. A quick drive away is a plant built by HP. They are all part of a large thicket of buildings that evokes Silicon Valley but is in Malaysia. American companies started opening manufacturing facilities in Malaysia’s Penang State over five decades ago. The partnership has created tens of thousands of jobs and been a lucrative industry for Malaysia, which has …

Preparing Malaysia’s Toolkit for Trump Tariff Tumult

Malaysia made decent progress in the first 30 days of US President Donald Trump’s 90-day pause on his “Liberation Day” tariffs. The country’s delegation to Washington, led by Minister of Investment, Trade, and Industry, Tengku Zafrul Aziz, met with US officials on 24 April to exchange viewpoints. Apart from tariff-exempted semiconductors and pharmaceutical products, Malaysia’s exports to the US bear the blanket 10 per cent levy but the spectre o…