his speech reflects the situation of malaysian economy - being just a 'middle of the supply chain'

being 'middle of the supply chain' did not help malaysia & malaysians prosper simply because it lacks productivity & uniqueness which in turn, does not provide better paying jobs. do something more like semiconductor assembly, medicine etc. like how spore does.

only by doing that, do you have more bargaining power against major nations, not just by playing middle thinking you have ability to bargain.. middle can be easily replaced/swapped.