Ministry of Trade and Industry

Singapore unveils new initiatives to help companies harness AI, such as to develop new products

Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong viewing a humanoid robot under development at the Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology on Oct 27. Among the new initiatives is the Champions of AI programme to help ambitious Singapore-based companies committed to making AI a core driver of growth.

S’pore to tap biomethane as fossil gas replacement from 2028 in new pilot: Gan Kim Yong

Singapore’s industries account for around 65% of the country’s emissions, including emissions from the electricity that they use.

Singapore’s GDP grew by 5.4% in third quarter of 2026

On a quarter-on-quarter seasonally adjusted basis, the Singapore economy expanded by 1.1%, easing from the 1.5% growth in the second quarter.

Govt intervention to address disruption, uncertainty must follow basic economic principles: PM Wong

PM Lawrence Wong at the Economist Service’s 25th anniversary dinner at Parkroyal Collection Pickering on Sept 30.

Singapore chip industry gets ‘SG Semiconductor’ as a national brand identity

Announced on Sept 25 by Minister for Trade and Industry (Energy and Industry) Tan See Leng, SG Semiconductor will make it easier for companies and talent to understand what the country and its chip ecosystem offers.

Singapore joins over 50 US trade partners for webinar on forced labour prohibitions

The Ministry of Trade and Industry said the US shared its perspective on the design and enforcement of forced labour import prohibitions.

Singapore will have to carefully assess any action aimed at easing US tariff rates: DPM Gan

Any import prohibition would have significant implications for Singapore’s trade, DPM Gan told Parliament.

Timeline, reclamation profile of new western island not yet determined: Chee Hong Tat

AI will drive Singapore’s economic growth, but may not fuel job creation as before: Tan See Leng

(From left) Minister for Trade and Industry Tan See Leng participating in a dialogue alongside Euston Quah, chair professor of economics and director of the Economic Growth Centre at Nanyang Technological University, at the Ministry of Trade and Industry Economic Dialogue 2026 at NTU@one-north on Aug 26, 2026.

Firms transshipping through S’pore must declare the true country of origin of goods: MTI

This comes after a White House report naming Singapore as part of China’s ‘shadow transshipment network’.

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