Irish trade mission seeks deeper ties with Singapore, Asia with Brexit looming

  • 📰 The Straits Times
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 42 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 20%
  • Publisher: 63%

Business Business Headlines News

Business Business Latest News,Business Business Headlines

The delegation - led by Irish Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Heather Humphreys - wrapped up on Wednesday its last leg of a tour to Australia and Singapore.

SINGAPORE - Four Irish companies have pledged to set up new offices here to strengthen their Asian footprint, during a two-day trade and investment mission to Singapore.

Aviation, healthcare, digital technology and engineering were named by Ms Humphreys as some key sectors where Singapore offers opportunities to Irish exporters. The United Kingdom, with which the Republic of Ireland shares both a land and a sea border, is set to withdraw from the European Union on March 29. Ireland has unveiled a slew of preparatory measures such as advisory grants for small and medium-sized enterprises that would be affected by changes like new customs requirements and supply chain disruptions.

Mr Iswaran, who is also Minister for Communications and Information, called Ireland"an important economic partner to Singapore and our largest services trading partner in the EU". He added that he looks forward to"the continued deepening of economic linkages between our countries".

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 8. in BUSİNESS

Business Business Latest News, Business Business Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Singapore shares drop 0.5% on Wednesday as Brexit issues and trade deal caution weighsINVESTORS in Asia broadly exercised caution on Wednesday as they looked to the result of another parliamentary vote on Brexit while attentively waiting for more news on the progress of US-China trade negotiations to surface. Read more at The Business Times.
Source: BusinessTimes - 🏆 15. / 51 Read more »

Dark clouds loom for Asia-Pac private equity even as deal value hits new highWHILE Asia-Pacific private equity deal value and exit value in 2018 reached record levels since 2013, the outstanding performance masked worrying signs that point to turbulent times ahead for the market, according to a report by Bain & Company. Read more at The Business Times.
Source: BusinessTimes - 🏆 15. / 51 Read more »

Singapore comes out tops for highest quality of living in Asia-PacificGlobally though, the city-state is only in 25th place. This article, Singapore comes out tops for highest quality of living in Asia-Pacific, originally appeared on Coconuts, Asia's leading alternative media company. Want more Coconuts? Sign up for our newsletters!
Source: YahooSG - 🏆 3. / 71 Read more »

Singapore's Golden Gate partners Hanwha to invest in South-east Asia startups[SINGAPORE] Golden Gate Ventures, a Singapore-based venture capital firm, said on Tuesday it has partnered South Korea's Hanwha Asset Management to invest together in South-east Asian startups in areas such as marketplaces and financial inclusion technologies. Read more at The Business Times.
Source: BusinessTimes - 🏆 15. / 51 Read more »