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Initiatives for e-commerce businesses in Singapore

Vinculum

Mr. Chan first highlighted Singapore’s e-commerce strategy, stating that the government plans to launch two countrywide 5G networks by 2025, allowing infrastructure capacity to handle big international online sales orders. It shall cover sectors like listing optimization, customer service, and global demand generation.

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FedEx Announces New March 2022 International Shipping Surcharges

Intelligent Audit

According to eMarketer , global e-commerce retail sales will rise to $5.542 trillion this year and surpass $7.391 trillion by 2025. Parcel and freight exports from New Zealand to Europe, MEISA, some LAC 1 countries, and some APAC countries and territories 8 – Increasing $0.10 per pound or $1.20 per kilogram. per pound or $1.20

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A Big Week for U.S. Trade Legislation: Updates on TPA & GSP

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. This sets the stage for two critically important trade deals in the works: Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) – The negotiating countries are: U.S., This could potentially come before Congress within the next two to three years.