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1. The Malaysian economy has demonstrated notable resilience despite rising global trade protectionism and geopolitical tensions. Robust e...

 1. Malaysia is working to strengthen its role in the global semiconductor sector by diversifying supply chains and maintaining investor c...

 1. Collaborative Research in Engineering, Science & Technology (CREST) and the Human Resource Development Corporation (HRD Corp) have...

 1. The industrial property segment continues to be the strongest performer in Malaysia’s real estate market for 2025. Based on NAPIC’s Q1...

1. When Rosemary Coates, executive director of the nonprofit Reshoring Institute, worked as a supply chain consultant for large companies ...

 1. The rules-based multilateral trading system—long the cornerstone of global economic integration and prosperity—is being challenged by ...

1. China makes more than 70 percent of the world’s electric cars. But it’s hard to find those vehicles in North America. One month before ...

1. Tallinn has been named the world’s best city for start-ups in the prestigious Monocle magazine’s 2025 Quality of Life Survey. Making it...

 1. The global cargo insurance market reached $22.64 billion in 2024, growing 1.6% from 2023, and is projected to reach $106 billion by 20...

1. According to in4ma’s half-year survey, which gathered input from 224 companies representing 21% of the European EMS market, the first h...

1. The flow of foreign direct investment into China has declined significantly in recent years. Balance-of-payments (BOP) statistics indic...

1. Thailand is moving to reform its restrictive foreign investment laws. On April 22, 2025, the Cabinet approved urgent revisions to the F...

1. In a January speech at a Siemens Healthineers factory outside Oxford, Chancellor Rachel Reeves — Britain’s equivalent of an American tr...

 1. Malaysia should leverage its importance in electronics, semiconductors, rare earths, healthcare and security to negotiate tariff relie...

 1. Malaysia’s extensive network of Double Taxation Agreements (DTAs) is a central feature of its attractiveness as an investment destinat...

1. The above-average success of start-ups from the Brainport Eindhoven region can be directly linked to the specific characteristics and c...

1. Malaysia has signed a strategic partnership with Arm Holdings, a UK-based chip architecture company, to acquire advanced semiconductor ...

1. Espoo is Finland’s second biggest city. With close to 300,000 inhabitants, it is home to many education and research institutes as well...

 1. In an online community of more than 1.8 million small business owners, a user in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, wrote on Friday: “Am I...

 1. The G7 countries on 28 June reached a compromise on the global minimum corporate tax. The United States under President Trump had said...