All things considered, personally I think this is best course of action. We cannot change Trump and how he views trade deficit as tariff. So any actions we take might just end up backfiring because the root cause of trade surplus is our ringgit is weak which gives us the production cost advantage. To buy more from USA means ringgit weakens more and it will never solve the trade surplus issue. Might as well just see if any form of deals can be made before we take any actions.

USA where got enough workers to do all that? They either need to import labor from Mexico or give Malaysians green cards to work in those industries. Many Malaysians will happily jump at the chance to earn USD.