Singapore Turns Trade Scrutiny Into Opportunity as US Targets Transshipment

The White House has put Singapore directly in its crosshairs, calling the city-state a "small opportunistic Chinese target" in a new report titled "The Great Transshipment Scam." In its August 13th report, the US government accused Chinese exporters of using transshipment hubs to hide the true origin of goods and evade tariffs, with Singapore – the world's biggest container transshipment hub – named among dozens of economies. Washington is now deploying an AI-powered "detective...