Do research on the trade and investment patterns for the past ten years of the countries you profiled

and determine the following:

1) Factors that may explain the patterns of trade and investments in each country.

 TRADE IN SINGAPORE
 Located on the strategic Strait of Malacca, Singapore is a major trading hub and home to
the world’s busiest port. The nation’s prosperity has been built on a pro-free trade policy.
 Singapore has low tariffs.  Singapore has traditionally been willing to make free-trade deals
with all comers, a policy that has been criticized by some of its neighbors.
 Singapore is a major global and logistics hub. In 2007 it ranked first in a World Bank
survey of countries' capacity to ship goods.
 Singapore is the second busiest port in the world. A ship arrives and departs about
seven minutes. Around 300,000 ships travel from or throogh Singapore each year to
the United States.
 Commodity Composition of Singapore’s Trade and Relation to Domestic Development
 Geographic Patterns of Trade in Manufactures in Singapore

2) Product in which the country may benefit from making and exporting it and in which it may rely on
imports to have an absolute and comparative advantage.

 Singapore poised to emerge as a new automotive hub fueling a growing demand for electric
vehicles driving change in automotive sector wherein the Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc. (IMI),
the manufacturing portfolio of AC Industrials, Inc., can have and an absolute and comparative
advantage. IMI, is now the 6th largest EMS provider in the world per New Venture Research in
the automotive market For the automotive segment, IMI delivers customized solutions for
safety and security, which includes automotive cameras, electronic control units (ECUs) and
advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). In the industrial segment, the company
manufactures security and access control devices, power modules, and asset tracking systems,
among others.

3) Trade reforms and policies each country may propose to improve its economic status and deliver a
fairer and economically sensible trading and investment system.

 Trade facilitation, logistics, and border management; will help Singapore ntegrate into global
value chains (GVCs) through targeted reforms and investments
 Trade agreements; advise countries on their technical details and supporting implementation of
commitments made through these agreements
 Emphasize trade and competitiveness at the core of national development strategies
 Markets and competition policy; encourage growth and shared prosperity by opening and
transforming markets.