Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad on Monday said Malaysia was studying another offer of ‘cheap’ Samurai bonds from Japan to overcome the country’s financial problems.<br /><br />It was reported in March that Malaysia is willing to consider issuing another Samurai bond if it can obtain rates similar to the 0.63% per annum achieved in the earlier issuance of the 200bil yen (RM8bil).<br /><br />Dr Mahathir also reiterated his stance that trade wars are “stupid” when asked to comment on the escalating trade war between China and the US.
