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Malaysia’s Anwar urges Asean not to ‘sacrifice’ member states over US tariffs

His call at the Asean summit comes as the bloc agrees to widen trade links with the GCC and China to cushion the impact of US tariffs.

Asean members must avoid undercutting their neighbours while negotiating on the tariff issue with the US, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim warned on Tuesday, as the bloc ended a summit with the economic threat of Washington’s levies dominating discussions. 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nation (Asean) met over two days in Kuala Lumpur to discuss its next steps to address the “reciprocal” tariffs that  SAO US President Donald Trump had paused until early July.