ISDS Case Map
Singapore
Colombia’s trade minister told business newspaper La Republica that recently-started talks on initiating a free trade agreement with Singapore could clear the path to Colombia's membership of the APEC Pacific Rim trading bloc.
The proposed free trade (FTA) -like economic cooperation agreement with Singapore will not be a free lunch, but as long as Taiwan has the mettle to overhaul its economy, the deal could be a sumptuous feast.
Taiwan and Singapore announced a plan last week to explore the feasibility of a bilateral economic cooperation agreement on a par with a free trade agreement (FTA).
It has been announced that Taiwan and Singapore will initiate talks later this year on the feasibility of signing a bilateral economic cooperation agreement under the framework of the World Trade Organization. It was said that the trade agreement would not be called an FTA in order to avoid giving any problem to China.
“We also hope to sign FTA with countries in South East Asia and even Japan,” Taiwan's top negotiator with China, Chiang Pin-kung, said.
Trade negotiations between Singapore and the European Union are on track with an agreement expected by next year, an EU official said Tuesday.
Singaporean firm Oceanus, the world's leading producer of abalone, is counting on Taiwan's trade deal with Beijing to expand in China.
The government of India wants a change in the India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (Ceca), to explicitly bar the city state’s investment companies Temasek and GIC from having a combined equity stake of more than 10% in any Indian listed company.
Taiwan has made strides in negotiating free trade agreements with the Philippines and Singapore, the United Evening News reported yesterday, citing an unnamed high-level source within the government.
Singapore and Costa Rica signed the Singapore-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement on Tuesday.
