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        "rendered": "<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"38135\" class=\"elementor elementor-38135\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-adcb7a6 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"adcb7a6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-94c0f52\" data-id=\"94c0f52\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0d6359 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f0d6359\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Investors in ECER will be able to leverage on Malaysia\u2019s existing and new free trade agreements, including the ASEAN Free Trade Area, ASEAN-China FTA, ASEAN-Korea FTA, and ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTA, as well as multilateral frameworks such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). Investors also benefit from Malaysia\u2019s participation in regional initiatives such as the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) and China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).<\/p><p>Additionally, Malaysia maintains strong bilateral trade relationships with key global partners such as Japan, India, Chile, and Turkey, among others. 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