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Indo-Pacific economic framework (IPEF)

ESG

Indo-Pacific partners ink clean economy deal with new programme on nuclear energy

Wind farm in Bac Lieu city in Vietnam.
Sustainable Finance

Temasek, GIC part of global coalition investing US$25 billion in Indo-Pacific emerging markets

Singapore is keen to work with the US, a leader in artificial intelligence (AI), on jointly developing "guardrails" on the safe and secure development and use of AI.
Singapore

Singapore keen on ‘talent exchange’, developing AI ‘guard rails’ with the US

Members of the US-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) at the Apec Summit in San Francisco.
Global Enterprise
COMMENTARY

Is a trade deal between the US and Asia still on the cards or has the ship sailed?

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (L) delivers remarks alongside members of the Indo Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Week in San Francisco, California, on November 16, 2023. The APEC Summit takes place through November 17. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
Singapore

Leaders agree on three pillars of cooperation at US-led Indo-Pacific talks

The CPTPP (top) is open to accession requests by economies that are ready to meet the high standards of the agreement and have a demonstrated pattern of complying with trade commitments.”
International

Trans-Pacific trade deal members meet at Apec summit, say open to new members

US President Joe Biden (right) and China's President Xi Jinping at sidelines of the G20 Summit in November 2022. Current indications are that Xi will likely attend the upcoming Apec summit, though American officials say nothing is yet definite.
Opinion & Features
THE BOTTOM LINE

Reading the Xi leaves: A Biden meeting good for everyone

"The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework is central to the US' economic engagement with this region," says Assistant Secretary of Commerce for global markets Arun Venkataraman.
Global Enterprise

Ahead of Apec Summit, IPEF negotiators ‘focused on getting the job done’, says US commerce official

Wong says Singapore would like to see more far-reaching agreements with the US, including market access and trade liberalisation, but recognised “there’s no mood to talk about these issues” at the moment in the US, given its domestic political environment.
Singapore

Singapore hopes for substantial IPEF progress by Apec

Singapore’s experience in digital trade rule-making is a valuable asset in overcoming regulatory heterogeneity in digital trade governance.
Opinion & Features

Unlocking opportunities: Singapore as a standard-maker in digital trade governance

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