KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 23 -- Former Investment, Trade, and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Aziz has dismissed claims Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli that Malaysian products will face "double tariffs" in the US, urging him to "stop spinning" the issue.

The public exchange is taking place after the US Supreme Court ruled against President Donald Trump's earlier tariff measures, which included a 19 per cent tariff on Malaysia.

Following the ruling, Trump announced a new, separate 15 per cent global tariff, which Rafizi had suggested this would result in Malaysian products being hit twice.

In a direct rebuttal, Tengku Zafrul rejected this, saying that the Supreme Court's decision means the previous 19 per cent tariff "would no longer apply....