The United States Singapore Free Trade Agreement : highlights and insights / edited by Tommy Koh, Chang Li Lin.

ISBN:

9789812567161

9789812388483

9781281877277

Title:

The United States Singapore Free Trade Agreement : highlights and insights / edited by Tommy Koh, Chang Li Lin.

Author:

Koh, Tommy T. B. (Tommy Thong Bee), 1937-

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 293 pages) : illustrations

General Note:

"Singapore Business Federation."

Contents:

Foreword; Contents; List of Abbreviations; 1 The USSFTA: A Personal Perspective Tommy T.B. Koh; 2 The USSFTA: Personal Perspectives on the Process and Results Ralph F. Ives; 3 Lessons from the USSFTA Negotiations Ong Ye Kung; 4 The USSFTA: Socio-Political Context Franklin L. Lavin; 5 The A to Z of the USSFTA William Choong; 6 The Goods Package Rossman Ithnain; 7 Customs Administration Lim Teck Leong; 8 Textiles and Apparel Ng Kim Neo; 9 Telecommunications and Electronic Commerce Valerie D'Costa; 10 Financial Services and Capital Controls Ravi Menon; 11 Competition Policy Minn Naing Oo.

Local Note:

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Subject Term:

Free trade -- United States.

Free trade -- Singapore.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Foreign economic relations -- Singapore.

Singapore -- Foreign economic relations -- United States.

Added Author:

Koh, Tommy T. B. (Tommy Thong Bee), 1937-

Chang, Li Lin.

Added Corporate Author:

Singapore Business Federation.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2004

Publication Information:

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Summary

On 1 January 2004, the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA) came into force. The USSFTA was the result of a two-year negotiation process which started towards the end of the Clinton Administration and concluded under the Bush Administration. How did the negotiation process straddle the two administrations? What is the rationale for the FTA? What were the unique features of the negotiating process? Was negotiating with the US different from negotiating with other countries? How will the FTA benefit the two countries? What is the impact on ASEAN, APEC and the WTO?This book captures some of the personal insights thrown up in the negotiations and offers highlights and analysis of the USSFTA. Contributors to the volume include the Chief Negotiators of the two delegations, the US and Singapore Ambassadors, key negotiators and close observers of the process. Selected key documents pertaining to the USSFTA process have also been included. This book is a comprehensive reader on the story behind the negotiations of the USSFTA.