Lawrence Wong
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first heard Oct 2025
last heard 19 Nov
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more and more major powers would like to do strengthen their links with asean eu is interested in an fta with us the gcc we've been talking to them canada is interested in an fta with us too so we are discussing these initiatives very seriously and hopefully when
I mean, we will do this next year when Philippines is chair and when Singapore chairs ASEAN in 2027, we hope we can continue to build on the foundations and make progress.
I think we have to go deeper as well.
But it's just that going deeper takes time.
It's not straightforward and...
you know, countries will be able to move at different paces.
And in some instances, we may very well say the countries that are able to move faster do first.
I wouldn't rule that out.
The pressures will always be there.
The great powers say, we don't want you to choose, but of course, each one wants us to be a closer friend to them.
And that's always, the tension is always there.
The pressures will always be there.
But at the end of the day, we don't have to choose, really.
We have to, I mean, it's not issue by issue.
There will be some instances where we look at the issue and we saw happens that the particular position we take
is the same as the US, for example, or as China, for example.
But it's not from the lens of choosing one versus the other.
It's from the lens of Singapore's national interest.
And that will always be the case for us.
And it's the same not just for Singapore, it's the same in ASEAN.
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