Singapore Walks the Tightrope: Trade Probes, Chip Smuggling, and the US-China Shadow

Singapore is fighting on three diplomatic fronts simultaneously — defending against US trade investigations, cooperating with a landmark chip smuggling probe, and plotting an ASEAN chairmanship strategy that doesn't depend on either superpower. Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong returned from Washington this week where he met US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer to address three Section 301 investigations: forced labour import allegations, structural excess manufacturing...