The U.S. State Department announced Monday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio will head to Malaysia Tuesday, just after threats of higher tariffs made by President Donald Trump on nations aligned with BRICS.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Malaysia this week for a series of high-level regional meetings and bilateral

According to a statement on the US State Department’s official website, Rubio will travel to Kuala Lumpur from July 8 to 12 and is scheduled to attend the Asean-United States Post-Ministerial Conference, East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and Asean Regional Forum (ARF) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, taking place from Thursday.