Japan, Singapore must protect global rules-based order: Forum


One of the points raised at the 15th Japan-Singapore symposium was how both countries could work together to advance free and open trade. - AFP

TOKYO (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Japan and Singapore must work together to uphold a rules-based order that has come under increasing pressure, panellists from both countries said at a forum Wednesday (Jan 26).

But they were divided on how best to approach the superpower rivalry between the United States and China.

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