Budget 2026: Scaling Singapore businesses’ global footprint amid rising risks
Navigating a more fractured trade environment requires a closer partnership between policy, capital and corporate enterprise
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SINGAPORE Budget 2026 comes at a pivotal time. Despite greater geopolitical uncertainty, there are opportunities for companies here to expand overseas, but they need additional support and must have a risk-taking appetite.
To compete globally and seize new opportunities, these businesses will need more targeted support through financing, digital infrastructure and resilience frameworks.
This is especially so for sectors such as manufacturing, semiconductor and electronics, energy and pharmaceuticals, which are likely to face stronger global headwinds in 2026.
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