Singapore in numbers

The European Parliament’s 2008 resolution on trade and economic relations with ASEAN states that ‘a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA), containing enforceable human rights clauses, is a prerequisite for the Union to conclude an FTA with any country’. Negotiations for a PCA were concluded with Singapore in 2013; the signature of the agreement is expected in October 2018, alongside that of the new trade agreement.
The European Parliament resolution of 5 July 2016 on a new forward-looking and innovative future strategy for trade and investment stressed the need for successfully concluded trade negotiations to be ratified as swiftly as possible; more specifically, it called for the conclusion of the deal with Singapore.