吉隆坡 -- 马来西亚贸易部长周二表示，该国计划在6月前与欧盟签署一项贸易协定，因为双方在地缘政治紧张局势中寻求深化经济联系。
KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia aims to sign a trade agreement with the European Union by June, the nation's trade minister said on Tuesday, as both sides seek deeper economic ties amid geopolitical tensions.
投资、贸易和工业部长约翰阿里·阿卜杜勒·加尼在吉隆坡举行的欧盟-马来西亚商业日活动上对记者表示，谈判进展已达“大约80%”。他指出，在五轮谈判之后，棕榈油和汽车贸易仍是悬而未决的问题，但表示：“我认为我们应该能够解决它。”这些谈判于2025年1月重启，此前因在2012年被搁置，旨在扩大马来西亚与欧盟27个成员国之间的市场准入和投资。欧盟驻马来西亚大使拉斐尔·达尔表示，马来西亚对欧盟的出口在2026年上半年较去年同期增长28%，而进口增长了12%。
Negotiations are "almost 80%" complete, Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Johari Abdul Ghani told reporters at an EU-Malaysia Business Day event in Kuala Lumpur. He identified palm oil and automotive trade as among the outstanding issues after five rounds of talks, but said, "I think we should be able to resolve it." The talks, relaunched in January 2025 after being put on hold in 2012, are intended to expand market access and investment between Malaysia and the 27-member bloc. Malaysia's exports to the EU rose 28% in the first half of 2026 from a year earlier, while imports increased 12%, EU Ambassador to Malaysia Rafael Daerr said.
约翰阿里表示，与欧洲更开放的贸易可能为马来西亚提供一个摆脱美中加剧竞争的出口渠道。他还强调，吉隆坡将继续与两大国保持合作。
Johari suggested that more open trade with Europe could give Malaysia an outlet from the intensifying competition between the U.S. and China. He also emphasized that Kuala Lumpur would continue working with both powers.
他在演讲中表示：“马来西亚认为我们的经济未来不应由东西方之间的选择来定义。”棕榈油仍然是一个敏感议题，欧盟的防止砍伐森林法规要求向其市场供应产品的生产商证明所涉产品与森林砍伐无关。
"Malaysia does not believe that our economic future should be defined by the choice between East and West," he said in his speech. Palm oil remains a sensitive area, with the EU's deforestation regulation requiring producers supplying its market to demonstrate that covered products are not linked to deforestation.
当被问及棕榈油是否是马来西亚的红线时，约翰阿里表示不是，并认为马来西亚的主要生产商已经在为满足欧洲要求做准备。“我们已经做好准备，”他说。
Asked whether palm oil was a red line for Malaysia, Johari said it was not, arguing that major Malaysian producers were already preparing to meet European requirements. "We are prepared to do that," he said.
欧盟目前正与多个东南亚国家进行贸易谈判，上个月与菲律宾的谈判取得了重大进展。
The EU is in trade talks with several Southeast Asian countries, and last month negotiations with the Philippines made major progress.
欧盟国际伙伴关系委员约泽夫·西克拉表示，加强双边关系将有助于双方在更具对抗性的全球经济中前行。他对记者说：“我们来这里是为了赋能，而不是施加压力或设陷阱。”他补充说：“我们的政策是合作，而非掠夺。”推动贸易协定的举措与欧洲对马来西亚一项主要半导体厂扩建项目的融资同步进行。该厂位于马来西亚，是芯片组装和测试的中心，正寻求发展更先进的能力。
Jozef Sikela, the European commissioner for international partnerships, said closer ties would help both sides navigate a more confrontational global economy. "We are here to empower, not to impose or entrap," he told reporters. "Our policy is to partner, not to plunder." The trade pact push comes alongside European financing for a major semiconductor plant expansion in Malaysia, a hub for chip assembly and testing that is seeking to develop more sophisticated capabilities.
西克拉强调，荷兰芯片制造商恩智浦（NXP）计划在吉隆坡以外的巴生镇投资约9.5亿欧元（约11亿美元），欧洲投资银行将提供最高4.29亿欧元的融资。该银行的项目清单显示，拟议融资额为5亿美元。文件显示，9月1日签署的一笔贷款价值约2.16亿欧元。该融资是欧盟“全球门户”投资倡议的一部分。
Sikela highlighted Dutch chipmaker NXP's planned investment of around 950 million euros ($1.1 billion) in Petaling Jaya, outside Kuala Lumpur, with European Investment Bank financing of up to 429 million euros. The bank's project listing puts proposed financing at $500 million. It shows a loan signed on Sept. 1 worth about 216 million euros. The financing forms part of the EU's Global Gateway investment initiative.
恩智浦在8月宣布将使该设施的产能翻倍以上。该高度自动化的组装和测试厂预计将在2028年第一季度开始逐步提升产能。
NXP in August announced a more than doubling of the facility's capacity. The highly automated assembly and testing plant is expected to begin ramping up production in the first quarter of 2028.
西克拉表示，该项目将创造技术岗位，增强马来西亚的工业生态系统，并帮助双方经济所依赖的半导体供应铂实现多元化。
Sikela said the project would create skilled jobs, strengthen Malaysia's industrial ecosystem and help diversify the semiconductor supply chains both economies depend on.
他说：“这是一个真正的双赢合作伙伴关系。”西克拉还指出，可再生能源、东盟电网、数字互联互通和可持续技术是深化合作的重点领域。
"This is a real win-win partnership," he said. Sikela also identified renewable energy, the ASEAN Power Grid, digital connectivity and sustainable technologies as areas for closer cooperation.