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Eyes on Asia: Malaysia minister says CPTPP ratification likely this year

August 9, 2022 at 4:46 PM
Malaysia should become the ninth country to ratify the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership by the end of the year, a top official said on Monday. Minister of International Trade and Industry Mohamed Azmin Ali told reporters in Malaysia that the country’s human resources and communications and multimedia ministries had work to do before ratification could be complete. The government had hoped to ratify by the third quarter of 2022, “but because the Parliament sitting has ended and...


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