Ms Sulaimah Mahmood recalls with bracing clarity the moment last year when India dropped the bombshell that it would pull out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
Eight years' worth of hard-fought negotiations flashed past the eyes of Singapore's chief RCEP negotiator, as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his "conscience" would not permit him to let India join the mega trade pact.
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