Of the remarkable economic Success Stories of the last 50 years. If you want to find a place that has ridden the wave of globalization, well, this is it. But storm clouds are gathering over singapore. President trump is challenging assumptions about global free trade, Security Tensions are rising across east asia. I have an exclusive interview today with the Prime Minister of singapore, lee hsien loong. Is singapore feeling vulnerable . Prime minister lee hsien loong, welcome to hardtalk. Lets start with the International Political climate. Donald trump is now president of the United States. He talks about protectionism, he talks about ripping up trade deals that have been bad for america. How dangerous is this new Political Climate for singapore . We are watching it very carefully. We of all countries depend most heavily on trade, our Foreign Trade is 3. 5 times our gdp probably the highest in the world. We have free Trade Agreements with many countries, including the United States. W
Of the remarkable economic Success Stories of the last 50 years. If you want to find a place that has ridden the wave of globalization, well, this is it. But storm clouds are gathering over singapore. President trump is challenging assumptions about global free trade, Security Tensions are rising across east asia. I have an exclusive interview today with the Prime Minister of singapore, lee hsien loong. Is singapore feeling vulnerable . Prime minister lee hsien loong, welcome to hardtalk. Lets start with the International Political climate. Donald trump is now president of the United States. He talks about protectionism, he talks about ripping up trade deals that have been bad for america. How dangerous is this new Political Climate for singapore . We are watching it very carefully. We of all countries depend most heavily on trade, our Foreign Trade is 3. 5 times our gdp probably the highest in the world. We have free Trade Agreements with many countries, including the United States. W
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John mills welcome to conflict zone thank you have you finally accepted that the European Union is not going to blink when it comes to the deal on the table they finally mean what they said this is the only deal available for the day has not changed substantially since november cyprus and some Traffic Ations i think we have to accept that thats the only really likely situation i think you could rule out them trying to help the Prime Minister at the summit by offering a few more clarification zork them or making interpretations i dont think the substance there is going to change in the state so your colleagues in the g. D. European Research Group fundamentally underestimated the didnt the. Well they kept saying it was going to blink i mean we had this return to britain didnt we the e. U. Will blink at the Eleventh Hour but were not there yet we need to hold our nerve they were never going to blink ever estimated only
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