Singapore-EFTA States Free Trade Agreement

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

The Subject “Singapore-EFTA Free Trade Agreement” belongs to the following Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate: World Trade.

Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade.

Languages: or Singapur-AELC Singapour European Free Trade Association (EFTA).

Singapore-EFTA Free Trade Agreement.

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

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

The specific purposes of the EFTA-Singapore Free Trade Agreement are to:

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

The Singapore-EFTA Free Trade Agreement covers:

1. Trade in products and services
2. FDI
3. Competition
4. Government Procurement
5. IPR
6. Dispute Settlement

Foreign Trade between Singapore and the EFTA States.

1. International Trade in goods between the EFTA and Singapore: 2.6 billion dollars
2. The EFTA States rank high regarding the foreign direct investment in Singapore
3. Total foreign trade in goods between the EFTA States and Singapore: 4 billion dollars