Singapore key exports surprise with 0.1% fall in February despite electronics growth
SINGAPORE’S non-oil domestic exports (NODX) slipped 0.1 per cent on year in February, dragged down by a decrease in the non-electronics sector...
US import prices rise moderately in February
US IMPORT prices increased marginally in February as a surge in the cost of petroleum products was partially offset by modest gains...
Chinese foreign minister to visit Australia next week: The Guardian
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Australia next week, the Guardian reported on Thursday, amid a thaw in ties between Beijing...
Deglobalisation is still only a risk, not a reality: DHL
CONTRARY to the notion that the growth of global flows has gone into reverse in view of a series of global conflicts...
UK signs trade pact with Texas in effort to boost green industry
THE United Kingdom has signed a new trade pact with Texas, the second-largest state in the United States, in an effort to...
How Asean’s new US$2 trillion digital economy pact paves the way for seamless trade, data flow
NEGOTIATIONS are under way for the Asean Digital Economy Framework Agreement (Defa), which will be the world’s first regional digital economy agreement...
Fractures in global trade deepen as WTO musters only a small win
THE World Trade Organization’s ability to tear down barriers to commerce, ensure stability through global accords and enforce the rules came under...
Putin’s Silk Road around sanctions
FOR about 1,500 years, high-value goods were moved from China, and perhaps other parts of Asia, to Europe and the Middle East...
WTO talks head into overtime with no sign of breakthrough
NEGOTIATIONS at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meeting in Abu Dhabi were set to go into overtime on Thursday (Feb 29)...
Accounting workforce, regional agreements get boosts to support Singapore’s hub status
RECOMMENDATIONS to boost Singapore’s local accountancy workforce will be released in the coming months as a review committee finishes its work, Second...