GEORGE TOWN, July 9 -- Penang chief minister Chow Kon Yeow has called on the federal government to restrategise and renegotiate with the United States regarding the 25 per cent tariffs to be imposed on Malaysian exports.

The Penang lawmaker said the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti) and the federal government need to urgently relook at their negotiating strategy.

"What we're doing now may not be enough - we must restrategise, and more importantly, enable the US more effectively and assertively," he said in his speech at the official launch of the Penang Chip Design Academy at Penang Skills Development Centre here.

He said Malaysia must be able to make a stronger case.

"We owe it to our industry, our workers and our f...