Trade

The US helped with the Singapore ‘miracle’. Now, it’s calling in the favour, says Trump’s new envoy Anjani Sinha

The levies are part of the US president’s aggressive “reciprocal” tariffs imposed on about 90 nations, with rates as high as 50% on some partners

When Thailand’s Commerce Minister Suphajee Suthumpun travelled to the US recently, her visit did not include any meetings with US trade officials.
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Security tangles raise the stakes for Thailand’s US tariff push

The US temporarily halts trade talks with the kingdom, after Bangkok suspends Thai-Cambodia peace process

In a conversation with John Micklethwait, editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News (right), Prime Minister Lawrence Wong covered topics ranging from nuclear energy to social security, but focused on geopolitics and trade.

PM Wong says new framework is needed to avoid ‘devastating consequences’ of retaliatory trade

His conversation with Bloomberg’s editor-in-chief also covers money laundering and a possible capital gains tax for Singapore

Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong says that members of the grouping working together will enable faster, coordinated responses to supply-chain risks.

Future of Investment and Trade Partnership agrees on supply-chain resilience efforts at first meeting

The group of small and medium-sized pro-trade countries is not ‘against any particular country’, says DPM Gan Kim Yong

In October, key exports to all but two of Singapore’s top 10 markets increased.

Singapore’s key exports surprise again with 22.2% surge in October, beating forecasts

Sales to most markets grow, fuelled by both electronics and non-electronics; but those to US contract 12.5%, leading falls

Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (right) with his Thai counterpart Anutin Charnvirakul at an official lunch, where fried Hokkien mee – a dish the Thai leader enjoys – was served.

Singapore, Thailand ink pacts on rice trade, healthcare during Anutin’s visit

The one-day trip is the Thai PM’s first to the Republic since taking on the top job in September

On a year-on-year basis, Vietnam’s total exports and imports for the first 10 months of 2025 are up 16.2% and 18.6%, respectively.

Vietnam emerges as Asean’s top next-gen trade hub on resilient manufacturing, export growth

The government is boosting investment, given ambitious reforms and growth targets for 2026

Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (left) with Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on the sidelines of the 47th Asean Summit in Kuala Lumpur on Oct 27.

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to make official visit to Singapore on Nov 7

Thailand says it will sell up to 100,000 tonnes of rice to Singapore over five years in new deal pending signing

Activists rallying outside the US Supreme Court in Washington on Nov 5.

Are Trump tariffs legal? Sceptical US Supreme Court hears case with implications for Singapore

The issue at the heart of the case is a 1977 law called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act