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• Position: Update - Brief Article

"To go against the rest of the world, conventional wisdom, to make a decision that may break the whole country, is a tough decision."

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad reflects on managing the economy in the aftermath of the 1997 Asian Crisis, when he introduced capital controls and pegged the ringgit against international advice.

"If what is being offered on agriculture does not meet up to our expectations in terms of what we are being asked to pay for it, we would walk away."

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