Malaysia’s Rubber Glove Industry: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly – Analysis

By Francis E. Hutchinson and Pritish Bhattacharya*

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and resultant Movement Control Order (MCO) have dealt a severe blow to Malaysia’s economy. While the country’s Finance Ministry previously predicted that the national GDP would shrink by about 4.5 per cent in 2020, new data reveal that the...