Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim told participants at the official opening of the Clinical Research Malaysia (CRM) Trial Connect 2025 on Thursday (May 8) that while Malaysia adopts a cautious and prudent approach in addressing the tariff issue concerning the United States, the government will also push for made-in-Malaysia products such as solar panels in the country.
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00:00We are facing somewhat uncertainty with the latest Trump, President Trump's pronouncements
00:16on tariffs.
00:19So we have a choice just to wait or do whatever is necessary within our means, which means
00:28therefore to collaborate with research to ensure that we affect this change and implement
00:35these reforms as fast as possible.
00:39I gave an example yesterday or before when meeting ECRL personnel.
00:46There was a decision to clamp, basically by imposing high tariffs to solar panels from
00:56Malaysia.
00:57Then we checked if the solar panels are made in Malaysia but through Chinese investors.
01:07So what do we do?
01:07Do we wait?
01:09Okay, we negotiate.
01:11We send teams, a meeting minister, led by a meeting minister, to negotiate.
01:16But meanwhile, there are things that we can do.
01:17For example, all new hospitals, which is being implemented by the Ministry of Health, all
01:25new schools, government buildings, and encourage the private sector, use solar panels made in
01:34Malaysia.
01:35And we just wait until we face or encounter this problem.
01:49You