MUAR (July 21): The government will not trade off Malaysia’s dignity and lead it to bankruptcy in regard to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) negotiations held in Kota Kinabalu last week.International Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Datuk Hamim Samuri in assuring this, said the government would not ink any agreement without considering the views of all concerned parties and safeguarding the people’s rights.“This is evident from the nation’s earnings of around RM200 billion annually from international trade,” he said at a zakat (tithe) presentation to 120 orphans and breaking of fast under the SME Bank social corporate responsibility programme at the Pekan Bukit Gambir Mosque, here, last night.He further assured that the people had no cause to be anxious about the TPPA negotiations as they had not been finalised.“As a developing country that depends on international trade, Malaysia cannot isolate itself but must participate in such negotiations,” he said.Meanwhile, Hamim described the objections of non-governmental organisations in Kota Kinabalu and Kuala Lumpur to the negotiations as politically motivated.
Hamim: Govt will not lead M’sia to bankruptcy in TPPA
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