Singapore-EFTA Free Trade Agreement

Syllabus of the Subject: Singapore-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Free Trade Agreement

1. Introduction to the European Free Trade Association (EFTA)-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
2. Foreign Trade in Goods, Services, and Investment
3. Rules of Origin
4. Trade Relations between Singapore and the EFTA States

Sample: Singapore-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Free Trade Agreement (FTA)

Description: Singapore-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

The Singapore-European Free Trade Association Free Trade Agreement entry into force in 2003.

The main objective of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Free Trade Association States (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland) and the Republic of Singapore is to set up a free-trade area.

The specific purposes of the European Free Trade Association-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) are to:

1. Reach the International trade in goods liberalisation
2. Promote the competition in Singapore and the EFTA States, especially in foreign trade (Import, Export)
3. Reach the Government procurement markets liberalisation
4. Reach the external trade in services liberalisation
5. Reciprocally improve the FDI opportunities
6. Guarantee the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection
7. Removal of the Foreign trade barriers

The Singapore-European Free Trade Association Free Trade Agreement covers:

1. Trade in products and services
2. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
3. Competition
4. Government Procurement
5. Intellectual Property Rights
6. Dispute Settlement

Foreign Trade between Singapore and the EFTA States.

1. International trade in goods between the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the Republic of Singapore: 2.6 billion dollars
2. The European Free Trade Association States (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland) rank high regarding the Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Republic of Singapore
3. Total foreign trade in goods between the EFTA States and the Republic of Singapore: 4 billion dollars

EFTA Free Trade Agreements (FTA): India, South Korea, Philippines, Canada, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Central America, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Southern African Customs Union (SACU), Gulf Cooperation Council, Jordan, Lebanon...

Singaporean Free Trade Agreements: ASEAN (Australia, Canada, China, India, European Union, Japan, Korea, Russia, Pakistan), APEC, Indian-Ocean Rim Association, Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, Australia, China, Jordan, India, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, United States...