On Monday 26 June, the European Parliament's Research Service published a briefing on the EU-Singapore free trade agreement. This agreement was concluded in December 2012(see EUROPE 10753), then in October 2014 after finalisation of its chapter on investment (see EUROPE 11179).
The EU-Singapore agreement is the second free trade agreement concluded by the EU with an Asian economy – the first being that with South Korea, which was concluded in 2009. It is also the first free trade...