EU-SINGAPORE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT EXPECTED TO REMOVE SINGAPORE TESTING REQUIREMENTS FOR EU CARS

BY CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS; AND HEATHER TAN, IN SINGAPORE THE WEALTHY southeast Asian market of Singapore should welcome imports of European manufactured cars based on European Union (EU) technical and safety standards and approvals under a new trade deal finalised this week. That is the claim of the EU's executive, the European Commission, the EU's executive body. The institution announced this week (Dec 17) that it had concluded free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with the city state. Its population is 5.1 million and a GDP per head of USD46,241 (World ...


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