"If government procurement in transparency is what is required, no problem. But if anybody, the U.S. or anybody, wants to impinge upon our rights to put forward or to implement a particular type of policy, that's no go," she told AFP.
"If anybody tells us we would like for you to change your policy, the answer is a big fat no."

Foreign investors have expressed protest on the transparency in Malaysian tendering processes and the presence of little procurement opportunities.
In response, Rafidah said businesses were free to bid for tenders issued internationally.
"They can argue till the cows come home because we have our own internal policies, which is based on a socio-economic development premise," Aziz said.