KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 -- Senior officials from Asean member states and the United States Department of the Treasury (UST) held discussions on tariffs during the US Treasury-Asean Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting (AFCDM) on Monday.

The UST was represented by its Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia, Robert Kaproth, at the closed-door session, according to a report published in The Star today.

"The UST shared its policy outlook and also discussed the effects of the new tariffs announcement to Asean," Malaysia's Finance Ministry said in a post on X.

The meeting allowed Asean finance and central bank deputies to engage directly with the UST, although tariffs were not on the main agenda, said the ministry.

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