Trade hostilities between the world’s biggest two economies have pushed mostly US companies to look for factories outside China to escape tit-for-tat tariffs.
Data provided by the Malaysian Investment Development Authority to Reuters on Friday showed that China, traditionally the country’s biggest investor, has now slipped to third position behind the United States and Japan.
Foreign direct investment from Japan, with whom Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is trying to strengthen ties, jumped more than four times to RM11.81 billion in the January-September period. Total approved FDI into Malaysia rose 6.5 per cent to RM66.3 billion, MIDA said, adding it was “actively negotiating” on 682 other projects with proposed investments of RM37.6 billion.
For Malaysia, the biggest investments have come in the electrical and electronics industry, with one of the driving factors being that many semiconductor and other electronics products from the country do not attract US tariffs, unlike the 25 per cent rate for China. US companies such as chipmaker Micron Technology and iPhone supplier Jabil Inc are already building new factories in Malaysia. - Reuters
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