First NGCC Task Force Meet To Be Held Soon -- Tengku Zafrul
KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 (Bernama) -- The first meeting of the National Geoeconomic Command Centre (NGCC) Task Force will be held soon to expedite the implementation of proposals related to bolstering the country's trade resilience and formulating policy responses to current geopolitical risks.
Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz said the meeting, which includes representatives from his ministry, the Malaysian Investment Development Authority and the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation, industry leaders, economists, policy analysts and relevant experts, also carries a mandate to protect the economic and employment interests of Malaysians.
“This composition, which includes the public and private sectors, is important to ensure that every decision is based on government policy and current reality.
“I will continue to update you on further developments from this task force in the near future,” he said in a social media post on X today.
Tengku Zafrul also stated that the second NGCC Steering Committee meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim earlier today, focused on Malaysia's strategy in dealing with the impact of the United States’s retaliatory tariffs on the country’s exports and investments.
-- BERNAMA