KUALA LUMPUR (BLOOMBERG) - Malaysia's finance minister Lim Guan Eng said the government won't raise taxes unnecessarily even as the trade war between two of its largest trading partners hampers the country's goal of achieving a balanced budget.
The Straits Times
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