Last updated: 24 Jan 2012
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Doing Business
Australian businesses are urged to take a close look at the opportunities created by the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement, as it will deliver real commercial benefit for Australian exporters and investors doing business in Singapore.
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Country Profile
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- ECONOMIC CLIMATE
Singapore's small population and dependence on external markets and suppliers has pushed it towards economic openness, free trade and free markets.
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- TRADE RELATIONS
Singapore is Australia's largest trade and investment partner in ASEAN and our fifth largest trading partner overall.
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- FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
SAFTA was the first FTA Australia had concluded in the twenty years since the Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (CER) came into effect on 1 January 1983.
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Top Business Risks
APEC Business Travel Card Scheme
Managed by the Department of Immigration, the APEC Business Travel Card Scheme was developed to make travelling within the 21 APEC member countries much simpler and more efficient.
OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
Multinational Enterprises should be aware of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises that provide voluntary principles and standards for responsible business behaviour in a variety of areas, consistent with applicable domestic laws. These Guidelines are endorsed and promoted by the Australian Government. For more information, go to the AusNCP website.
IP Passport fact sheets
These fact sheets outline foreign Intellectual Property (IP) regimes and some of the issues and challenges which may be faced by Australian exporters.
The current fact sheets are available on the IP Australia website.