Malaysia Just Changed the Future of Asia with THIS One Move!
Summary
TLDRThe video discusses Malaysia and Thailand's decision to join the BRICS alliance, highlighting the geopolitical implications for Asia. It emphasizes China's strategic gains, especially concerning the Strait of Mala, a vital shipping channel for its oil imports. The alliance's goal to reduce reliance on the US dollar in trade is underscored, with Malaysia expressing a desire for economic independence. The video also touches on Turkey's interest in BRICS and the potential shift in global economic power dynamics.
Takeaways
- 🌏 Two Southeast Asian economies, Thailand and Malaysia, are joining the BRICS Network, signaling a shift in the geopolitical landscape.
- 🗣️ Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim emphasizes the need for countries to break free from Western control and express themselves independently.
- 💼 The combined GDP of Thailand and Malaysia adds over $1 trillion to the BRICS alliance, strengthening its economic power.
- 🚢 The Strait of Malacca is a crucial waterway for global trade, with 25% of the world's traded goods passing through it annually.
- 🇨🇳 China is highly dependent on the Strait of Malacca for its oil imports, making it a strategic interest for the country.
- ⛓️ The potential blockage of the Strait of Malacca poses a significant risk to China's economy, prompting it to seek alternative routes and alliances.
- 🔄 The Suez Canal Crisis illustrates the impact of naval conflicts on global shipping and trade, serving as a cautionary example for China.
- 🛤️ China's Belt and Road Initiative, including the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, aims to secure alternative trade routes, but faces challenges due to Pakistan's economic instability.
- 🤝 China has been building strong relationships within ASEAN, increasing trade with the alliance and becoming a dominant trading partner.
- 📊 A significant shift in Southeast Asia's preferred ally favors China, with over 50% of ASEAN countries now favoring China over the United States.
- 💰 BRICS members, including Malaysia, are seeking to reduce reliance on the US dollar in trade, moving towards local currencies to insulate from monetary policy changes and currency volatility.
Q & A
What significant development in the BRICS alliance is mentioned in the script?
-The script mentions that two of Southeast Asia's most important economies, Malaysia and Thailand, have announced their plans to join the BRICS alliance.
What is the Malaysian Prime Minister's view on the West's role in controlling discourse?
-The Malaysian Prime Minister, Anoir Ibrahim, believes that the West should no longer control the discourse as they are not colonial powers anymore, and independent countries should be free to express themselves.
Outlines
🌏 Geopolitical Shifts in Southeast Asia and the BRICS Alliance
This paragraph discusses the significant geopolitical shifts in Southeast Asia with Malaysia and Thailand's decision to join the BRICS alliance. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim emphasizes the need for independent countries to break free from Western control and establish a more balanced world order. The addition of these economies, valued at over $1 trillion in GDP, strengthens the BRICS alliance. The strategic importance of the Malacca Strait for China's oil imports is highlighted, with over 80% of China's oil passing through it. The potential vulnerability of this supply line is illustrated with the Suez Canal Crisis, emphasizing the need for China to secure its energy supply through alliances and strategic projects like the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. The paragraph also touches on China's growing influence in the region through the ASEAN alliance and its trade growth with Southeast Asian countries, positioning China as a dominant force in the region.
🔄 Shifting Alliances and the Decline of the US Dollar in International Trade
The second paragraph delves into the changing alliances in Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on the US's waning influence compared to China's growing dominance. It presents data showing a shift in preference for China as a strategic partner among ASEAN countries, with Malaysia leading this trend. The 50-year diplomatic relationship between Malaysia and China is highlighted, along with significant Chinese investments in Malaysia, such as the East Coast Rail Link project. The paragraph also addresses the BRICS alliance's move away from the US dollar in trade, with the establishment of a trading platform to increase the use of local currencies. This is further exemplified by Malaysia's decision to join the BRICS network, aiming to insulate the country from US monetary policy changes and currency volatility. The potential inclusion of Turkey in the BRICS alliance and the broader implications for the US dollar's role in international trade are also discussed.
💰 Diversification and the Role of Precious Metals in a Changing World Economy
The final paragraph shifts focus to the investment strategies in response to the geopolitical and economic changes discussed earlier. It emphasizes the importance of diversification, as exemplified by Malaysia's balanced relationships with both the US and China. The paragraph introduces Lear Capital as a sponsor and discusses the historical context of gold as a hedge against inflation and currency decline. Lear Capital's role in helping investors purchase gold and silver is highlighted, along with their offer of a report on the impact of digital dollars, dollarization, and debt on the US dollar's future status. The US national debt's record high and its effect on the US dollar's purchasing power are noted, with gold prices reaching all-time highs as a result. The paragraph concludes with an invitation for viewers to learn more about gold investment opportunities with Lear Capital, offering a special credit for contacting the company.
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Keywords
💡BRICS Network
💡Geopolitical Landscape
💡Malacca Strait
💡China's Dependence
💡China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
💡ASEAN (Aan Alliance)
💡US Dollar Dominance
💡Diversification
💡East Coast Rail Link
💡Petro-Dollar Deal
💡Investing in Precious Metals
Highlights
Two of Southeast Asia's most important economies, Malaysia and Thailand, announced plans to join the BRICS Network.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim emphasized the need for independent countries to express themselves freely and not be controlled by the West.
The Malaysian and Thai economies together represent more than $1 trillion of GDP, a significant addition to the BRICS alliance.
The Strait of Mala is a crucial waterway for global trade, with 25% of the world's traded goods passing through it annually.
China is highly dependent on the Strait of Mala for its oil imports, with over 80% traveling through these waters.
The potential blockage of the Strait of Mala by foreign adversaries poses a significant risk to the Chinese economy.
China's Belt and Road Initiative includes the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a project aimed at securing alternative access to Middle Eastern oil.
China has been building strong relationships within the ASEAN alliance, increasing trade from $252 billion to $523 billion in seven years.
Southeast Asian countries, including Malaysia, are increasingly favoring China as their strategic partner over the United States.
Malaysia and China celebrated the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations, with strong economic ties and cultural connections.
The East Coast Rail Link project in Malaysia, undertaken by Chinese enterprises, is the largest standalone transportation infrastructure project overseas.
BRICS members, including Malaysia, are seeking to reduce their reliance on the US dollar in international trade.
The BRICS alliance aims to create a trading platform to increase the use of local currencies in trade among member countries.
Turkey, a NATO country, has expressed interest in joining the BRICS alliance, seeking an alternative to the European Union.
The BRICS alliance is gaining leverage in Southeast Asia, with the potential inclusion of countries like Turkey and Saudi Arabia.
Investing in precious metals like gold can be a strategy to diversify and offset geopolitical trends and inflation.
Lear Capital, a sponsor of the video, offers insights and investment opportunities in precious metals amidst changing geopolitical and economic landscapes.
Transcripts
well two of Southeast Asia's most
important economies have just announced
their plans to join the bricks Network
and if you aren't convinced yet that the
bricks Alliance is quickly changing the
entire geopolitical landscape just
listen to the words of Malaysian prime
minister anoir Ibrahim who had this to
say about his country joining bricks we
can no longer accept the scenario where
the West wants to control the discourse
because the fact is they are not
Colonial Powers anymore and independent
countes should be free to Express
themselves as each week passes we
continue to see more stories about the
developing World wanting to break free
from us and gmany and seek a more
balanced and fair World Malaysia is the
sixth largest economy in southeast Asia
and its decision to move forward with
bricks came just one week after Thailand
the second largest economy in southeast
Asia also announced plans to move
forward with bricks membership later
this year together the Thailand and
Malaysian economies represent more than
$1 trillion of GDP which of course will
be an incredible addition for the brics
alliance but more importantly there is a
larger geopolitical story happening
behind the scenes that could reshape the
entire future of Asia no surprise here
but the biggest winner of this new deal
will be China and for one very strategic
reason let's break it down you see the
story of Malaysia joining bricks
actually starts in this body of water
the straight of Mala which arguably is
the most important body of water in the
entire world the malakan straight is
over 800 kilometers in length and at its
narrowest Point only 2.8 kilm wide
making it one of the world's most
congested shipping choke points every
year more than 94,000 vessels pass
through these Waters and Incredibly 25%
of the world's traded Goods passes
through this straight but here is where
things get very interesting there is no
country in the world more dependent on
the straight of Mala than China has more
than 80% of China's oil imports travel
directly through these Waters simply put
if China were to ever lose access to
this vital Waterway it would absolutely
the Chinese economy it would be
the easiest way for foreign adversaries
to launch an attack on China let's
imagine a scenario where one day the US
and China are drawn into a larger
conflict the US military wouldn't have
to nor would they want to take on
China's military directly they could
simply travel over to Malaysia and block
Chinese shipping containers from passing
through the straight of Mala but what
would this look like in the real world
we simply need to look at what's
happening in Real Time with the sus
Canal Crisis to understand how
devastating a naval war in the region
could be in January Iran back houthi
Rebels took control of the suas canal
and are causing absolute chaos to the
shipping World in response to Israel's
war in Gaza the results have decimated
the shipping industry which saw a 50%
drop in suaz Canal trade in the first
two months of 2024 what's incredible
about this attack from the Yan Rebel
group is the impact it's had on global
Shipping take a look at this graph which
shows the plummet and shipping through
the suas canal in the red line and the
explosion of trade through the Cape of
Good Hope in the blue line because of
this conflict shipping companies are now
using thousand-year-old trading lines
and rerouting vessels all the way down
around the tip of Africa the risk is now
too high in the suas canal as multiple
ships have been sunk by the rebels there
is no doubt that China is watching this
situation very closely and in fact has
been working on a backup plan just in
case there was ever a conflict in the
malakan Strait in 2015 China launched
the flagship project of the Belton Road
initiative the China Pakistan economic
Corridor which would see a railway built
from China's Western Shang Province and
extend all the way down to the Arabian
Sea this project has a budget of nearly
$50 billion and would guarantee China's
access to Middle Eastern Oil if the
malakan strait was ever blocked but the
Pakistani economy has been in turmoil
for years and the Chinese government is
becoming less optimistic about the
future of this project in reality China
needs a backup plan they can't depend on
Pakistan for the security of its oil
imports China is the most dominant
country in Asia and wants to maintain
its Regional Supremacy with Malaysia now
joining the bricks Alliance and moving
closer to China this will help China
secure its access through the straight
of Mala for many years to come China has
been very strategic with this alignment
with Malaysia and in fact has been
working on building strong relationships
throughout the aan alliance a political
and E economic Union of 10 member states
in southeast Asia honestly you might not
believe the results China has achieved
in just a few short years in 2017
China's trade with the aan alliance was
$252 billion but in the past 7 years
that's increased
106% to $523 billion making aan the most
important trading partner for China more
than 80% of these Imports are
Electronics Machinery chemicals Plastics
aluminum and other industrial goods
basically all the industries that China
is a dominant force in while the US
government wants to Pivot to Asia and
become the dominant superpower in the
region this goal is simply unrealistic
the us simply can't compete with China's
manufacturing prowess and we've seen a
significant shift in the attitude of aan
Nations as a result if you remember one
chart from today's video let it be this
one which shows how Southeast Asia's
preferred Ally has switched in favor of
China let's start at the bottom of this
chart which show in 2023 only 38.9% of
aan countries wanted China as their
strategic partner fast forward to 2024
and that number has now increased to
over 50% surpassing the United States no
surprise here but Malaysia leads all
countries in aan with over 75% of the
population saying if they were forced to
align themselves with one strategic
rival they would choose China Malaysia
and China just celebrated the 50-year
anniversary of diplomatic relations this
past week and in fact Chin's Premier
lean just flew to koala lumur for a
3-day diplomatic visit with Malaysian
prime minister anir Ibrahim nearly 23%
of Malaysian population is Chinese
forming the second largest ethnic group
in the country with nearly one out of
every four Malaysians tracing their rots
back to Mainland China it should come as
no surprise that many Malaysians have a
positive image and a desire to work
closer with China China has poured
billions of dollars of investment into
Malaysia with the flagship project being
the 665 km East Coast Rail Link project
this Railway is the largest Standalone
Transportation infrastructure project
undertaken by Chinese Enterprises
overseas and will transform the entire
future of Malaysia connecting the East
and West coasts and many cities and
towns in between Malaysian prime
minister anoir said that China's rise
has brought us a glimmer of hope that
are checks and balances in the world one
of those checks and balances for
Malaysia and all bricks m MERS is
freedom from the US dollar in trade once
again the Malaysian prime minister
shares his thoughts last year Malaysia
had the highest investment ever but the
currency was still attacked it doesn't
make sense it goes against basic
economic principles why a currency that
is completely outside the trade system
of the two countries and is irrelevant
in terms of economic activities in the
country has become dominant purely
because it is used as an international
currency and this is the common theme
we've seen among all bricks members a
desire to shift away from using the US
dollar in trade in fact earlier last
month Russian President Vladimir Putin
who is also the rotating brics president
this year announced to the world how the
brics alliance will reduce its US dollar
trade rather than creating a common
currency bricks will create a trading
platform to increase the use of local
currencies in trade amongst member
countries with Thailand and Malaysia now
wanting to join the brics alliance this
now gives Russia and China incredible
amount of Leverage in Southeast Asia
Skeptics of bricks has long criticized
the organization and said that some
bricks countries like Ethiopia and Iran
are too small and bring very little
benefit to the organization but the
brics alliance is quickly changing this
talking point a few weeks ago turkey
followed a similar position and became
the first NATO country to express
interest in joining bricks after waiting
many decades for EU membership it's
clear that turkey has given up on this
dream and instead shifted their future
prospects to the brics alliance Turkish
foreign minister went on the record
saying that the China Le bricks Alliance
will offer turkey a quote good
alternative to the European Union this
is quite the statement from Turkey who
don't forget has been a full NATO member
since 1952 and contains the second
largest army in the NATO Alliance turkey
is the bridge between Europe and Asia
and will be a crucial Ally for the
bricks organization but once again the
main benefit from countries joining
bricks is freedom from the US dollar and
international trade here is the official
statement from one of Malaysia's most
important banks on its country's
decision to join the bricks Network it
will effectively insulate Malaysia and
the region from the changes in the
United States monetary policy and
currency volatility improving
predictability in the currency market
and lower transaction costs for
exporters and impor ERS Jeffrey Williams
an economist at the Malaysia University
of Science and Technology also shares
his thoughts on why this is so important
for the future of Malaysia's own
currency the economic balance of power
is Shifting hence Malaysia as a small
open economy must respond positively
there are trade and investment
opportunities with bricks and this will
create demand for the ring it and
strengthen the currency over time
everyone the world is quickly changing
around us and you need to stay informed
on the latest geopolitical trends I've
broken down everything you need to know
about turkey's Ascension into the bricks
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