Malaysia urges Chinese firms to avoid using it to dodge US tariffs 

FILE - Liew Chin Tong, then-Malaysia's deputy defense minister, attends the Xiangshan Forum, a gathering of the region's security officials, in Beijing, Oct. 21, 2019.

Malaysia has urged Chinese companies to refrain from using it as a base to "rebadge" products to avoid U.S. tariffs, its deputy trade minister said on Monday, amid increasing export restrictions and concerns of a U.S.-China trade war.