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Global business body ICC launches worldwide campaign in Singapore to revitalise rules-based trade

(FILES) Volvo cars are seen on the forecourt of a Volvo dealership in Reading, west of London, on March 2, 2021. Volvo reported on July 17, 2025 a net loss of 8.1 billion kronor (720 million euros) for its second quarter, due to a heavy impairment charge announced earlier in the week, compared with a net profit of 5.7 billion a year earlier. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP)
International

Early quarterly earnings reveal businesses adapting to Trump's tariffs

Rare-earth element export controls are the catalyst for the latest flare-up between the US and China.
Capital Markets & Currencies

Port fees, cooking oil, export bans: How US-China trade tensions are ramping up and what it means

Hugh Burke, CEO of Coface Asia-Pacific, says: “Asia has always been driving the global economic landscape… We are seeing a shift of opportunities from more mature markets in Asia to South-east Asia – like Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam.”
Companies & Markets
TOPLINE

French trade credit insurer Coface eyes growth in South-east Asia amid rising trade risks

Yeo, Singapore's former foreign minister, says the fact that the US is abandoning the institutions it helped to create is a sign not of strength, but of weakness.
ASEAN Business

Trump’s shifting trade winds won’t change the climate of multipolarity: George Yeo

With a growing consumer base in Asia, manufacturing diversification and deeper regional integration, intra-Asia trade looks set for further growth.
Companies & Markets

Intra-Asia – a powerhouse of global trade

Talent needs an enabling environment, one where systems and standards empower Asean to shape its future.
Opinion & Features

Talent and sustainability to power Asean’s future

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Singapore

Singapore joins 13 countries to launch partnership committed to free trade and enhancing investment flows

Since May, the US has collected tariffs of just 9 to 10%, on average, from its trading partners, owing partly to the fact that about half of all US imports still enter duty-free.
Opinion & Features

Global trade is winning Trump’s war on it

DPM Gan says that with greater regional economic integration, Asia can tap the comparative advantages of its diverse economies to offer a compelling value proposition to businesses and investors.
Singapore

Asia has an opportunity to stand out amid global turbulence: DPM Gan

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