Global trade

The coming vote for Europe’s soul

European lawmakers should not ratify the trade agreement with the Trump administration

SM Lee Hsien Loong (second from right) is shown a model of an automated container terminal during his tour of the Beibu Gulf International Port Group headquarters.

China’s Nanning ‘main gateway’ for ties with Asean; trade corridor opens faster route to Asia: SM Lee

The Pinglu Canal will span 134.2 km from Hengzhou, under the jurisdiction of Guangxi’s capital

Vietnam's market surveillance units under the trade ministry will intensify checks on counterfeit goods, with a focus on industrial property rights and trademark infringement.

Hanoi orders 20% surge in IP enforcement cases in May after US warning

This is part of a nationwide campaign to combat intellectual property violations

In its claim, Mercuria argues that the Baltic Exchange should have either suspended the TD3C benchmark or used economically comparable routes that are still operating to determine it.

SGX-owned Baltic Exchange sued over alleged losses due to oil tanker pricing

Mercuria Energy Group is suing SGX-owned Baltic Exchange over alleged losses due to distortions in a shipping benchmark

From left: PwC Singapore's Trade Advisory Hub leader Frank Debets and executive chairman Marcus Lam; Minister for Manpower Dr Tan See Leng; and EDB's executive vice-president Ho Weng Si.

PwC launches S$4 million Trade Advisory Hub to sharpen Singapore’s edge, create quality jobs

The funds will be used to build specialist talent, develop innovative tools and assets

The chokehold on Strait of Hormuz has revealed a new geo-economic weapon that impacts not only energy but sectors such as transport, fertilisers and chemicals.
THE POLITICS THAT MATTER

Singapore’s resilience and ‘unnatural resourcefulness’ amid global shocks

The nation’s ‘resources’, built through infrastructure, markets and trusted relationships, may prove critical in times of disruption

The latest lawsuits did not challenge other Trump tariffs made under more traditional legal authority, such as recent levies on steel, aluminium and copper imports.

US trade court challenges Trump’s basis for 10% global tariffs

The US president has made tariffs a central pillar of his second-term foreign policy

US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Apec summit, in Busan, South Korea on Oct 30, 2025.

US trade war with China in focus ahead of Trump-Xi summit in May

Trump's trip comes just a year after Washington rolled out sweeping and at times erratic global tariffs.

It is a world where the founding principles of the WTO, which were based on equal treatment and protection for the less powerful, are visibly ebbing away.
THE BOTTOM LINE

In trade’s ‘law of the jungle’, the winners are clear

It is China and the US that prosper when power sets the terms for global commerce