‘We want to be at the table, we want to have a say’: PM Wong on why platforms like G-20 matter

PM Lawrence Wong said that countries increasingly want to trade with those they feel are friendly to them. - ST

RIO DE JANEIRO: Singapore has to be realistic and adapt to the current shape of global trade, as it continues to work with like-minded countries to strengthen support for multilateralism, said Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Tuesday (Nov 19).

This means bringing Asean countries closer together and linking up with other regional groups, such as the Mercosur bloc in Latin America, he told reporters on the last day of the Group of 20 (G-20) Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.