Singapore exports not very exposed to trade war: MTI analysts

Singapore

THE world's biggest economies are at loggerheads but Singapore's exposure to the US-China trade war is small, an official analysis has found.

Other watchers also believe that growth from exports to five key South-east Asian markets could shelter the Republic from the conflict.

Value added from US-China bilateral exports made up 1.29 per cent of Singapore's gross domestic product (GDP) last year, two government economists wrote in a report on Thursday.

Most of that was from China's computer, electronic and optical e…