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Jun 2025
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Thailand and Malaysia: Growth under pres...

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Thailand and Malaysia both depend on exports to countries like China and the US for economic growth. The Southeast Asian nations are now potentially facing some of US President Donald Trump’s most punishing tariff rates. We look at some of their key industries, like rubber and manufacturing, that are threatened by the situation. Will both countries have to reinvent their economies?

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Producer/presenter: Ed Butler

(Photo: Duang Chai, a rubber farmer in Chonburi, eastern Thailand)

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