Ahahaha.

Me just enjoying the show. SMEs are one of the biggest tongkat receivers all this while. They just call it grants, aids, tax cuts/rebates/relief and what not.

GLCs and some cronies are not going to suffer though.

This will be a joyride for ppl like me.

Sorry to hear that but that is the price of competition, free market. Some win, some lose. Survival of the smartest and fittest right? We entered a free trade agreement with China thru Asean. Let's see if they'll open up their market. Am sure there are lots of opportunities there too for M'sian firms.

Chinese coming in? There'll be opportunities for savvy ppl here too.

This is going to be a fun thing to watch. So many ignorant kids here.

Malaysia has always been resilient in the face of challenges, we were once the leader in rubber and tin production. There are many things that China, India nor US can't produce or offer globally or locally.

Not all biz will be affected negatively. There are things and services that the Chinese can't produce nor offer.

Cutting out the middle men is an example of positive effect for most Malaysians.

obvious u know zilch.

U do know that's because they were replaced by CHEAPER SYNTHETIC rubber right? U need coal and other petroleum by-products to make them.

WW2 caused the shortage of natural rubber so the Axis power came up with SYNTHETIC rubber. They had a lot of coal and then the Allied power bombed all their factories. You change and adapt. Challenges come up all the time.

So MY gomen decided to go big with oil palm when it's not even our native crop. Tin was replaced by plastic and by the time we discover oil, u know how M'sians are with plastics.

Noobs.




addendum : New rule - only locally produced rubber gloves can be exported

Our gomen is quite good at defending leading local industries.



This post has been edited by headache: Apr 26 2025, 07:23 AM

...and we have SIRIM (MITI), theoretically to filter the low quality, hazardous and unsafe products. Plus we have agencies like JAKIM and even Communication, Health, KDN ministries as further nets for other undesirable products.

Our market is not big compared to other ASEAN countries but soon they'll be desperate enough and we can ask them to open up their market for us too. WIN-WIN?

Which part do you not understand? We are not rubber producer anymore.

Dangg, how old are you and in what profession? Local bodies have no control over foreign markets.

They evade easily? We know why, don't we?

Exporting u mean? Communists will do communist things.

That is why we have to use this opportunity. They'll be desperate soon.

Really? Anyone can claim anything. I rely on fact, figures and reality.

Let's just stick to that.

Fearmongering doesn't work with many of us, we see thru all the lies.

Cutting out the middle men is fantastic, we just need to have better import controls, like the Japs.




This post has been edited by headache: Apr 26 2025, 09:17 AM

What!? Do u even understand the concept of FTA?

Gomen just need to monitor and provide protection from unscrupulous sellers/suppliers.

Errr... r u on dope?