Kok Leong Chan, Bloomberg News Journalist Profile

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The Waikato Times

1 week ago | waikatotimes.co.nz | Josh Xiao |Kok Leong Chan
The Post

1 week ago | thepost.co.nz | Josh Xiao |Kok Leong Chan
China Calls on Asean, Gulf States to Create ‘Big Market’ (1)

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Josh Xiao |Kok Leong Chan

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China Calls on Asean, Gulf States to Create ‘Big Market’

1 week ago | ca.finance.yahoo.com | Josh Xiao |Kok Leong Chan

(Bloomberg) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang rallied a group of Southeast Asian and Gulf states to deepen cooperation, as the Asian nation ramps up its charm offensive abroad to counter US efforts to isolate the economy.
China’s Premier Courts Asean, Gulf States as Trump Tariffs Bite

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Josh Xiao |Kok Leong Chan

Chinese Premier Li Qiang rallied a group of Southeast Asian and Gulf states to deepen cooperation, as the Asian nation ramps up its charm offensive abroad to counter US efforts to isolate the economy. “We should firmly expand regional opening up and develop a big market,” Li said at a meeting with leaders from Southeast Asia and the Middle East in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.
China Calls on Asean, Gulf States to Create ‘Big Market’

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Josh Xiao |Kok Leong Chan

Li Qiang with leaders at the Asean-GCC-China Summit in Kuala Lumpur on May 27. (Bloomberg) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang rallied a group of Southeast Asian and Gulf states to deepen cooperation and touted his country’s economic strength, as Beijing ramps up its charm offensive abroad to counter US efforts to isolate the economy. “We should firmly expand regional opening up and develop a big market,” Li said at a meeting with leaders from Southeast Asia and the Middle East in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.
Malaysia Central Bank Ready to Act as Growth Outlook Dims

3 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Anisah Shukry |Kok Leong Chan

Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour (Bloomberg) -- Malaysia’s central bank said it has the policy room to act as it expects economic growth to fall below the official forecast this year, with US tariffs dimming the outlook for the trade-reliant nation. “The balance of risks to the growth outlook is currently tilted to the downside,” Bank Negara Malaysia Governor Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour said at a briefing on Friday.
Malaysia Seeks to Bring US-Imposed Tariffs Down to Zero in Talks

1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Kok Leong Chan |Anisah Shukry

Port Klang in Selangor, Malaysia. Photo: Richard Humphries/Bloomberg(Bloomberg) -- Malaysia is negotiating with the US to bring its tariffs on the Southeast Asian nation down to zero, from the 24% that President Donald Trump pledged to impose, according to Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Zafrul Aziz.
Malaysia Seeks to Bring US-Imposed Tariffs Down to Zero in Talks

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Kok Leong Chan |Anisah Shukry

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Malaysia’s Ex-PM Najib Hits Stumbling Block in House Arrest Bid

1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Kok Leong Chan |Anisah Shukry

Najib Razak arrives at court in Kuala Lumpur in October 2024. (Bloomberg) -- Malaysia’s highest court allowed the Attorney General’s Chambers to pursue its appeal against former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s bid for house arrest, in a fresh blow for the jailed politician. The AGC received leave from the Federal Court on Monday to challenge a Court of Appeal decision in January that allowed Najib to resume his petition to serve the remainder of his prison sentence at home.