Singapore and the Bay Area - Leveraging Emerging Opportunities in Southeast Asia

Its appeal is supported by the sense of Congress that the United States should a commitment to open markets and the rule of law, “reaffirm the elevation of the United States-Association investment in both physical and human capital, a of Southeast Asian Nations (referred to in this section high quality of life, and the effective planning and as ‘ASEAN’) relationship to a strategic partnership,” ex. [...] 2 1 Capitalizing on Growth and Development in Southeast Asia As a market, the ten members of the Association ASEAN was established in 1967 with the signing of the of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) comprise a ASEAN Declaration by the foreign ministers of Indonesia, population of 650 million people.1 Except for disruption Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand; five during the global ec. [...] have an outsized impact in the region’s economies.79 The US-China tariff conflict spanning 2018–19 has led both FDI in the ASEAN region is surging—surpassing FDI in Chinese companies and some US companies that operate China for the first time in 2018.80 Singapore, Indonesia, in China to shift production to Southeast Asia and Vietnam Vietnam, and Thailand were the main recipients of that in particu. [...] The executive offices of the Councils currently the only city in the region to achieve smart in turn support a range of research centers; A*STAR is city sandbox status and also ranks among the most thus acting as both a funding agency and also as the advanced smart cities globally.27 research performer. [...] SEEDS Capital SGInnovate, and SEEDS Capital supports the growth of promising Singapore-based startups in nascent and strategic industries outlined The portfolio of EDBI, the investment arm of the in the Research, Innovation and Enterprise 2020 Plan Singapore’s Economic Development Board, comprises (RIE2020), the government’s roadmap for research and a broad range of companies, including tech, that.