Trade tensions 'may impact debt payments among SMEs'
DP Info's study shows decline in payment within terms in commerce-wholesale and transport/storage sectors
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THE ongoing Sino-US trade conflict may be making its impact felt on Singapore small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are most exposed to global trade, according to a study of payment data from more than 120,000 firms in Singapore.
The two sectors most vulnerable to global trade tensions in particular are the commerce-wholesale sector and the transport/storage sector, which also showed the biggest declines when it came to payment within terms.
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