Ong Kian-Ming is a senior adviser to international strategic advisory company Global Counsel and was previously Malaysia's deputy minister of international trade and industry.
Progress on issues besides tariffs cuts has been limited

Diplomats pose after signing the CPTPP agreement in Chile in 2018: More progress is needed in nontariff areas of the pact. © Reuters
Ong Kian-Ming is a senior adviser to international strategic advisory company Global Counsel and was previously Malaysia's deputy minister of international trade and industry.