KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 -- Germany has chosen Malaysia as its export and trade hub apart from China.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said this is part of Germany's derisk policy, a method it adopted to reduce the risk of depending only on one country, such as China.

"So this has helped us, because in these few months, there has been a spike in visits from foreign trade ministers received by the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI), in this week alone two to three ministers are here to expedite their Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) ... that's the situation.

"At the same time, we are still getting offers from Arab states for example Arab Saudi, UAE (United Arab Emirates) and Qatar, whereby prev...