China warns Malaysia, Cambodia on US trade agreements citing ‘grave concerns’

BEIJING, Nov 28 — China has issued a direct rebuke to Malaysia and Cambodia, lodging formal complaints over the new trade deals the two countries signed with the United States last month.

The move signals Beijing’s growing intolerance for agreements that tie Southeast Asian nations to Washington’s national security agenda, placing the region squarely in the middle of an escalating superpower rivalry, Bloomberg reported.

Chinese Ministry of Commerce officials told their Malaysian counterparts this week that Beijing has “grave concerns” with certain parts of the deal, according to a government readout.

“We hope Malaysia will fully consider and properly handle this matter in light of its long-term national interests,” Chinese officials were quoted as saying after the engagement.

A similar message was delivered to Cambodian officials last week.


At the core of China’s concerns are clauses in both agreements that effectively require Malaysia and Cambodia to align with Washington on sensitive national security issues.

Under the deals, both countries are expected to follow US trade restrictions, export controls, and sanctions on sensitive technologies.

They also commit to preventing their companies from helping other nations circumvent those measures and to enhance defence trade with the US.

The situation highlights the tightrope Southeast Asian nations must walk. China remains a key economic partner, but the threat of tariffs from the US under President Donald Trump has forced many countries to make greater trade and security concessions to Washington.

The deals were part of a flurry of pacts signed during Trump’s recent tour of Asia, which also included Vietnam and Thailand.

In exchange for the security commitments, Malaysia will receive preferential access for its goods and services, including exemptions from Trump’s 19 per cent reciprocal tariffs on certain items.

Cambodia, in turn, will drop all tariffs on US food, agricultural, and industrial products in exchange for similar exemptions.

https://www.malaymail.com/news/money/2025/1...concerns/199997

many /k love Trump.

so will defend to no end.

grave concern meaning already project onhold with malaysia, stop work order, kecian machinery on hold, to restart going to take another diplomatic effort

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guessing coz china rly want those sanctioned AI chips?
old smuggle route was Msia -> Sinkie -> China, guessing due to this new US trade deal, our MATRADE have to really enforce tighter regulations

play both sides....let's see how this will turn out.

Malaysia mentioned here too.

Two faced countries will face grave consecuences

Apa pandangan darkterror?

Should Anwar cave in and say sorry to Winnie Pooh?

Should Anwar join CCP to diao Japan PM and issue similar boycott

Bolehland trying please both side, later end up being gangbang…

Impossible

Wumaos say Huawei AI chips are uppar compare to H100 chip

Nobody want to use nvidia chips in CCP land

All of them use Huawei!

So how now??? Malaysia knows how to process anything without china's tech?

Front BJ, rear doggy

Almost all countries many faces

susah nak jadi Malaysia.

Tolong Palestine. nons marah.

Trade US. China marah.

Trade China. US marah.

So apa nk buat skrg? dasar tutup pintu Malaysia 2025 ?

stop import and boy cot

out of curiosity i went ahead & search what's on the agreements in the trade deal we signed with Trump recently, and spotted a few where i thought were what DaGe not satisfied with;

ref: White House - Agreement between USA & Malaysia



i never actually paid attention to the contents of this agreement before, but now after reading it all. wtf madani/zafool, these are not agreements. These are just US strong-arm us into submission.

Pick 1. You can't be like 2 head snake.

MATRADE is the external trade promotion agency, got nothing to do with export regulation whilst their parent ministry, MITI is in charged and now is the sole body in Malaysia to issue COO.

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