The Straits Times | 21 April 2025

The Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) presents an opportunity for businesses to strengthen their supply chains amid uncertainty caused by tariffs, said Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong.

Mr Gan, who is also Minister for Trade and Industry, was delivering his keynote address at a business and investment forum in Malaysia’s southern state of Johor on April 21, an event he described as “both important and timely” amid rising protectionism globally.

He noted that escalating tensions between the US and China have led to a volley of tit-for-tat tariffs, effectively choking off trade between the world’s two largest economies.