Trade

Singapore’s hub success faces a new trust test

2026-08-27T23:00:00.000Z
Maritime transshipment is a common yet fundamental practice in logistics, designed to ensure that goods reach their final destination efficiently.

US calls transhipments a ‘scam’: Why do firms reroute goods, and how does Singapore manage this?

2026-08-25T01:05:23.000Z
The Guangzhou factory of Midea, China’s big name in technology and home appliances. Its market is both local and global.
NEW GLOBAL ORDER

What MNCs must do to survive – and leverage – the China Shock 2.0

2026-08-24T09:19:00.000Z
US and Canadian officials have been locked in discussions for weeks and came up with a draft deal.

US-Canada trade talks collapse, triggering Trump’s 50% tariffs

2026-08-22T04:13:54.000Z
Vehicles parked outside a GM factory in Oshawa, Canada.  The proposed deal is expected to cut tariffs on Canadian-built cars and trucks to 15 per cent from the existing 25 per cent.

US could cut key tariffs as part of proposed Canada deal, source says

2026-08-20T01:12:55.000Z
(From left) The deal came about after US President Donald Trump spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday afternoon.

Trump pauses tariffs on Canadian imports, Carney says key work remains

2026-08-19T05:19:27.000Z
The two countries face a midnight deadline before 50 per cent tariffs on billions of dollars worth of Canadian goods would kick in. 

US, Canada dig in on tariff negotiations as deal hopes fade

2026-08-19T00:42:03.000Z
Enterprise Singapore earlier raised its full-year NODX growth forecast to a range of 14 to 16%, from 3 to 5% previously.

Economists raise full-year NODX growth forecasts after July’s 24.2% rise

2026-08-17T11:31:30.000Z
On Aug 13, the White House named Singapore among 40 lower-tariff markets used by Chinese exporters to evade US tariffs.

Singapore may be expected to tighten measures after US ‘transhipment scam’ report: economists

2026-08-16T11:22:55.000Z
The China-Africa-South-east Asia-US trade route shows the lengths companies are willing to go to access the US market.

China’s 20,000-mile solar trade route that battled US tariffs

2026-08-15T05:42:18.000Z