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9789814311991 Academic Inspection Copy

The US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement

An American Perspective on Power, Trade and Security in the Asia Pacific
  • ISBN-13: 9789814311991
  • Publisher: ISEAS
    Imprint: ISEAS
  • By Eul-Soo Pang
  • Price: AUD $80.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 28/01/2012
  • Format: Paperback (228.00mm X 152.00mm) 250 pages Weight: 456g
  • Categories: Economic systems & structures [KCS]
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Free trade has become the mantra of development strategy for many countries in the world, especially those in the Asia Pacific. This book delves into the American side of the story. It is about how Singapore and the United States came to sign the agreement in 2003 (taking effect from 1 January 2004). The United States - Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA) is the first FTA that America signed with an Asian country and the second such agreement with a fully developed country, after Canada. The city-state has used a free trade agreement as both a national survival and a growth strategy, first forging such FTA ties with its major trading partners and then expanding its strategic link to such extra-regional great powers as the United States, Japan, Australia, China, India, and the European Union. Both Singapore and the United States saw in FTAs something more than just merchandise trade.
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