A new partnership launched in Singapore last October to scale up clean energy across ASEAN is making headway, with programmes to support renewable energy and energy efficiency rolled out in Malaysia and Indonesia in February.

The Republic may face an inflationary bump with energy prices set to spike following US and Israeli air strikes on Iran on Feb 28, bringing oil and gas shipments from the Persian Gulf to a halt.

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has assured Singaporeans that the country will not have jobless growth amid a national push for artificial intelligence to be more embedded in its economy.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong said Singapore will continue to invest in these next-generation space capabilities.

Member company Trovio, in partnership with EY, has been awarded a multi-year contract by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to deliver and operate the core registry infrastructure supporting Article 6.2 and Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement.

LogChain will relocate its global headquarters to the UK and establish a UK HQ and new base for innovation and scale in the Liverpool City Region, strengthening the UK– Southeast Asia digital trade corridor and scaling trusted, interoperable trade infrastructure across global markets.

A pioneering new project by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), in partnership with NatWest and the British Chamber of Commerce in Singapore, is aiming to scale up UK exports. The 6-month pilot programme, the Singapore Life Sciences Trade Accelerator, will connect UK firms in the sector with the burgeoning South-East Asian market for their products. It will talent-spot up to 30 SMEs, with the ...

Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to Asia this week seeking to broaden international trade, part of his plan to reduce Canadian reliance on the United States, which he says has left the country vulnerable. Mr Carney leaves on Feb 26 for India, the first stop on a three-country tour that includes Australia and Japan.

The US administration’s quick move to impose a new global tariff rate of 15 per cent after the US Supreme Court ruling means that Singapore goods will now face higher tariffs. However, Singapore goods imported by the US remain the lowest-tariffed in the region in terms of trade-weighted tariff rate.

The harmony between Singapore’s different cultures, traditions and faiths did not happen by chance and must be “actively renewed”, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said in his Chinese New Year message.