Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Monday said his country was too small a nation to respond to India’s boycott of palm oil with trade retaliation, reported Reuters. “We are too small to take retaliatory action,” he told reporters in Langkawi. “We have to find ways and means to overcome that.”
His comments come after India reportedly stopped Malaysian palm oil imports following Mohamad’s criticism of the Citizenship Amendment Act and the Indian government’s actions in Kashmir. Last week, Mohamad had expressed concerns about the purported Indian restrictions on imports of palm oil, but had said that he would continue to speak out about “wrong things”. Read More…
