LEADER 03868nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910783641803321 005 20230617035132.0 010 $a1-281-87727-1 010 $a9786611877279 010 $a981-256-716-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000247285 035 $a(EBL)244241 035 $a(OCoLC)475965246 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000265176 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11239256 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000265176 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10293525 035 $a(PQKB)10933048 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC244241 035 $a(WSP)00005542 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL244241 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10106593 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL187727 035 $a(OCoLC)935228815 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000247285 100 $a20040528d2004 ua 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe United States Singapore Free Trade Agreement$b[electronic resource] $ehighlights and insights /$fedited by Tommy Koh, Chang Li Lin 210 $aSingapore ;$aRiver Edge, NJ $cWorld Scientific Pub ;$aSingapore $cInstitute of Policy Studies$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (314 p.) 300 $a"Singapore Business Federation." 311 $a981-238-848-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aForeword; Contents; List of Abbreviations; 1 The USSFTA: A Personal Perspective Tommy T. B. Koh; 2 The USSFTA: Personal Perspectives on the Process and Results Ralph F. Ives; 3 Lessons from the USSFTA Negotiations Ong Ye Kung; 4 The USSFTA: Socio-Political Context Franklin L. Lavin; 5 The A to Z of the USSFTA William Choong; 6 The Goods Package Rossman Ithnain; 7 Customs Administration Lim Teck Leong; 8 Textiles and Apparel Ng Kim Neo; 9 Telecommunications and Electronic Commerce Valerie D'Costa; 10 Financial Services and Capital Controls Ravi Menon; 11 Competition Policy Minn Naing Oo 327 $a12 Intellectual Property Rights Liew Woon Yin 13 Labour Ong Yen Her; 14 Environment Loh Ah Tuan, Khoo Seow Poh, Chua Yew Peng and Fion Tan; 15 The Role of Legal Counsel and Dispute Settlement Sivakant Tiwari; 16 Lobbying for the USSFTA Chan Heng Chee; 17 What I Learnt from the U.S. Business Community Neo Gim Huay; 18 Lobbying the American Business Community in Singapore Jennifer Conley; 19 The Impact of the USSFTA on Our Laws, Regulations and Procedures - The Process and the Substance Daren Tang 327 $a20 The USSFTA: The Impact on Government-Linked Companies and Singapore's Corporate Scene Vikram Khanna Appendixes 330 $aOn 1 January 2004, the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA)came into force. The USSFTA was the result of a two-year negotiation process which started towards the end of the Clinton Administration and concluded under the Bush Administration. How did the negotiation process straddle the two administrations? What is the rationale for the FTA? What were the unique features of the negotiating process? Was negotiating with the US different from negotiating with other countries? How will the FTA benefit the two countries? What is the impact on ASEAN, APEC and the WTO? This book captures some of the 606 $aFree trade$zUnited States 606 $aFree trade$zSingapore 607 $aUnited States$xForeign economic relations$zSingapore 607 $aSingapore$xForeign economic relations$zUnited States 615 0$aFree trade 615 0$aFree trade 676 $a382.97305957 701 $aKoh$b Tommy T. B$g(Tommy Thong Bee),$f1937-$01465963 701 $aChang$b Li Lin$0281011 712 02$aSingapore Business Federation. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783641803321 996 $aThe United States Singapore Free Trade Agreement$93676214 997 $aUNINA