Zafrul: Singapore, Malaysia to sign MOC in digital, green economy
Malaysia and Singapore are set to sign a memorandum of cooperation (MOC) in digital and green economy, the first for Putrajaya amid the growth potential in both sectors, Minister of International Trade and Industry Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz said.
国际贸易和工业部长 Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul 表示，马来西亚和新加坡将签署数字和绿色经济合作备忘录（MOC），这是Putrajaya在这两个领域都具有增长潜力的情况下的第一份合作备忘录。
Digital trade is among the fastest-growing trades and will surpass physical trade by 2025, he acknowledged.
他承认，数字贸易是增长最快的贸易之一，到 2025 年将超过实物贸易。
“In fact, we are hoping to conclude our first MOC in digital and green economy with our neighbour Singapore and will be witnessed by both countries’ prime ministers soon,” he told Bernama at the end of the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2023 here.
他在 2023 年世界经济论坛（WEF）结束时告诉马新社说： “事实上，我们希望与我们的邻国新加坡完成我们在数字和绿色经济方面的第一个 MOC，并将很快由两国首相见证。” .
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is scheduled to make his official first visit to the city-state at the end of January.
首相拿督斯里安华依布拉欣计划于 1 月底对这个新加坡进行首次正式访问。
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had invited Anwar to visit Singapore after Anwar was sworn in as Malaysia’s 10th prime minister.
在安华宣誓就任马来西亚第10任总理后，新加坡总理李显龙邀请安华访问新加坡。
Zafrul said the discussion with Singapore on the MOC in digital trade and green economy started last year and has been presented to the Cabinet, which has given its approval for it to be concluded soon.
Zafrul 说，与新加坡就数字贸易和绿色经济的 MOC 的讨论始于去年，并已提交给内阁，内阁已批准很快结束。
“In short, this is the beginning as we are also in talks with other countries,” he said.
“简而言之，这是一个开始，因为我们也在与其他国家进行谈判，”他说。
Asked if Malaysia will also take a multilateral approach in digital and green economy trade deals, the minister said: “Of course. Whatever needs to be done quickly, we do it first. It has to be done concurrently.
当被问及马来西亚是否也会在数字和绿色经济贸易协议中采取多边方式时，部长说：“当然。需要快速完成的事情，我们先做。它必须同时进行。
“We are also a member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, many other Asean free trade agreements and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. But the first one will be bilateral.”
我们也是《全面与进步跨太平洋伙伴关系协定》、东盟许多其他自由贸易协定和《区域全面经济伙伴关系协定》的成员。但第一个将是双边的。”
The MOC is following a framework of cooperation concluded by both countries in August 2022.
商务部正在遵循两国于 2022 年 8 月达成的合作框架。
The Framework of Cooperation in Digital Economy will facilitate intensified cooperation in wide-ranging areas, including trade facilitation; digital identities; standards; investment promotion and facilitation in digitalisation, as well as digitalisation of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
数字经济合作框架将促进广泛领域的合作，包括贸易便利化；数字身份；标准；数字化投资促进和便利化，以及中小微企业 (MSME) 的数字化。
This will unlock a wider range of opportunities, benefiting businesses, workers and communities in both countries.
这将释放更广泛的机会，使两国的企业、工人和社区受益。
Meanwhile, on the green economy front, both countries will strengthen collaboration to decarbonise their industries, and enable businesses and workers to seize arising opportunities.
同时，在绿色经济方面，两国将加强合作，实现工业低碳化，让企业和工人抓住机遇。
Under the Framework of Cooperation in Green Economy, both countries agree to cooperate in, among others, next-generation mobility (including electric and autonomous vehicles); environmental, social and governance (ESG) policy exchanges and capacity development for exporters, as well as low-carbon solutions.
在绿色经济合作框架下，两国同意在下一代机动性（包括电动汽车和自动驾驶汽车）等领域开展合作；出口商的环境、社会和治理 (ESG) 政策交流和能力发展，以及低碳解决方案。
According to a WEF article, the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement between Chile, New Zealand and Singapore is the first digital-only trade agreement open to all World Trade Organisation (WTO) members, and the first to be signed electronically in June 2020.
根据世界经济论坛的一篇文章，智利、新西兰和新加坡之间的数字经济伙伴关系协议是第一个向所有世界贸易组织 (WTO) 成员开放的纯数字贸易协议，并且是第一个于 2020 年 6 月以电子方式签署的协议。
It was designed to complement the WTO negotiations on e-commerce and digital economy work underway within other international forums such as the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
它旨在补充世贸组织在亚太经济合作组织和经济合作与发展组织等其他国际论坛内正在进行的电子商务和数字经济谈判工作。
The most recent digital economy agreement is the United Kingdom-Singapore Digital Economy Agreement, which entered into force in June 2022, after only six months of negotiations.
最新的数字经济协议是英国-新加坡数字经济协议，仅经过六个月的谈判，该协议于 2022 年 6 月生效。
Without revealing more details, Zafrul said he will also be part of the delegation during the prime minister’s visit to Singapore.
Zafrul 没有透露更多细节，他说他也将在首相访问新加坡期间成为代表团的一员。
“Singapore is very important to Malaysia and vice versa. It is good to continue this level of engagement. I won’t want to pre-empt the details. Suffice it to say, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti) is looking forward, together with my counterpart in Singapore, to signing the MOC,” he said.
“新加坡对马来西亚非常重要，反之亦然。继续这种程度的接触是件好事。我不想预先知道细节。可以这么说，国际贸易和工业部（Miti）期待与我在新加坡的同行一起签署 MOC，”他说。
Singapore’s Minister for Trade and Industry is Gan Kim Yong.
新加坡贸工部长颜金勇。
According to data by Miti released recently, Singapore accounted for Malaysia’s largest value of exports among Asean nations at RM232.57 billion in 2022, followed by Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines.
根据贸工部最近公布的数据，2022 年，新加坡是马来西亚在东盟国家中出口额最大的国家，为 2325.7 亿令吉，其次是泰国、印度尼西亚、越南和菲律宾。
Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia were the top three export destinations in 2022, accounting for 78.3% of Malaysia’s total exports to Asean.
新加坡、泰国和印度尼西亚是2022年前三大出口目的地，占马来西亚对东盟出口总额的78.3%。
Exports to almost all Asean countries registered a new record high.
对几乎所有东盟国家的出口均创历史新高。