Goods worth tens of billions of ringgit are shipped via Port Klang every year. EABEX is expected to boost trade throughout Asia. - Bernama
How does a bowl of noodles or spaghetti resemble free trade agreements (FTAs)?
According to renowned Columbia University economist Professor Jagdish N. Bhagwati, graphic representations of routes used to ship products and parts through various FTA networks using tariff differentiation look similar to crisscrossing strands of spaghetti tangled in a bowl.
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