KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 -- European Union (EU) and Belgian envoys have reportedly called for stronger trade ties with Malaysia amid growing global uncertainty triggered by US President Donald Trump's latest tariff measures.

According to a report in The Edge, the officials - speaking at the launch of the Lumut Maritime Industrial City (LuMIC) master plan in Perak yesterday - said strategic cooperation with partners like Malaysia is key to maintaining a stable, rules-based global trade environment.

"There will always be a need for more of this [frameworks based on mutual benefit] ... We have a mutual interest in working together, so I see ourselves as national partners," EU Ambassador to Malaysia Rafael Daerr was quoted as saying.

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