The Delegation of the European Union issues the following statement, together with the diplomatic missions of the EU Member States and the diplomatic missions of Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom in Singapore:

Happy 5th EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement! 🇸🇬🎉🇪🇺 Here's why we are celebrating: Singapore is the EU’s largest trade and investment partner in Southeast Asia; Singapore is the EU's 5th largest trade partner for services; There are 12,000 EU companies in Singapore; 165 EU Geographical Indications are registered in Singapore thanks to the agreement.

The Administrative Arrangement (AA) on AI safety, which strengthens the existing EU-Singapore Digital Partnership, was exchanged on 20 November 2024 during a bilateral meeting between Margrethe Vestager, European Commission Executive Vice-President and Josephine Teo, Singapore's Minister for Digital Development and Information.

Global Gateway is the European strategy to boost smart, clean and secure connections in digital, energy and transport sectors, and to strengthen health, education and research systems across the world. Through a 'Team Europe approach', Global Gateway brings together the EU, its Member States and their financial and development institutions to mobilise the private sector to leverage investments...