Multiple paths to enact EU-Singapore FTA, future Singapore-UK trade ties

Singapore

THE next steps that Singapore and the European Union (EU) take in ratifying a proposed free-trade agreement (FTA) between them will affect how soon a similar one between Singapore and the United Kingdom can emerge, experts told The Business Times.

In separate interviews, international law and trade specialists shared with BT some ways in which Singapore and the EU can look to ratify the European Union-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (EUSFTA) as soon as possible.

Experts also pondered about how this may impact future relations between Singapore and the UK. The top British envoy to Singapore had said that the UK is wondering how both parties can retain benefits from the FTA t…