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United States-singapore Free Trade Agreement, The: Highlights And Insights, PDF eBook

United States-singapore Free Trade Agreement, The: Highlights And Insights PDF

Edited by Chang Li Lin Chang, Koh Tommy Koh

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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.

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