Dr M: Obama’s visit shouldn’t pressure Malaysia into signing TPPA

Malay Mail, Malaysia

Dr M: Obama’s visit shouldn’t pressure Malaysia into signing TPPA

25 April 2014

KUALA LUMPUR, (Bernama) April 25 — Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir said Malaysia should not feel pressured into signing the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) just because of President Barack Obama’s visit to Malaysia this weekend.

“We should not be compelled to sign (the TPPA) although a leader of a big country is visiting a small country like us. In the end, we will be at the losing end,” he told reporters after launching a book, titled “Saya, SPR dan Pilihan Raya’ written by former Elections Commission Chairman Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar here today.

He was commenting on concerns expressed by certain parties that Obama’s visit to Malaysia may pressure the government into signing the TPPA.

International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said on Tuesday that no agreement would be signed during Obama’s visit.

The three-day visit by Obama, beginning tomorrow, will be his official visit to Malaysia after President Lyndon Johnson’s visit in 1966.

Obama began his Asian tour by visiting Japan and South Korea before arriving in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow and will head home after stopping over in the Philippines.

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