Globalisation

SINGAPORE BUDGET 2026

Singapore needs to connect differently in changed global environment

The five Economic Strategy Review committees have set out seven recommendations in a midterm update.

Singapore’s private-sector leaders back ESR strategy, highlighting global expansion and AI

Singapore and the United Arab Emirates (pictured) have signed agreements to promote trade and investment, which could later expand into broader collaborations with other economies.

Globalisation ‘is gone’, plurilateralism on the rise, says Temasek chief

Sweden (top), Germany, Norway and Finland kept their place at the top of the list, which is compiled and published by Washington-based think tank Centre for Global Development (CGD)every two years.

World's richest nations are pulling back from global development efforts

With a presence in most Asean markets including in Singapore for 166 years, Standard Chartered is well placed to support the changing needs of Chinese companies expanding into the region.

Seizing opportunities in Asean

PM Wong says: “If we can remove all the unnecessary distractions like border issues and make sure that we have peace and stability to focus on concrete initiatives that can bring Asean together, we can make progress.”

US baseline 10% tariff not ideal but Singapore ‘can live with it’: PM Wong

Workers in Austria. While manufacturing declined in both the EU and US, Europe's exports had increased to give new employment opportunities to workers.
THE BOTTOM LINE

Why Americans and Europeans disagree about globalisation

There may be an irony in the way a project of reclaiming sovereignty – to launch what Trump calls “a thrilling new era of national success” – depends on technical change paid through global funding.

The perverse globalism of Donald Trump

Containers at the Port of Los Angeles. In the 1930s, multinationals adopted three main strategies to cope with deglobalisation and political instability.

Tariffs got you down? Brush off the 1930s playbook

With Nissan’s announcement of a 670.9 billion yen loss on May 14 alongside a promise to close seven of its 17 factories, one of the world’s great carmakers may be approaching its endgame.

Nissan is dying and taking globalisation with it