BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : MARCH 5, 2001 ISSUE
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

Toward Wider Horizons


Singapore's free-trade deals could:

-- Reduce the nation's reliance on its hard-hit neighbors

-- Lower tariffs and lure foreign manufacturers to set up shop

-- Spur Singapore's neighbors to get back on the free-trade track

-- Help boost global confidence in the rest of Southeast Asia


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