These programs are either conducted directly by the Ministry and its regional offices, or through other agencies, such as the Malaysian External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE)21 and SME Corp,22 and other non-state actors, particularly trade and industry associations. Prominent among MITI’s outreach programme is the ‘FTA Pocket Talks’, which is a series of dialogue forums that provides not only space for businesses to exchange ideas with trade policy-makers, but also to assist the former with the utilization of Malaysia’s FTAs. In 2014 alone, up to 25 of such a dialogue forum are expected to be carried out throughout the country (MITI, 2014).