Definitions for "Singapore Issues"
The issues on which it was agreed to form working groups at the Singapore Ministerial: trade and investment, competition policy, transparency in government procurement, and trade facilitation.
The four issues on which it was agreed at the 1996 WTO Singapore Ministerial Conference to form working groups: trade and investment, competition policy, transparency in government procurement and trade facilitation
Four issues that the EU has been pushing to be included within the mandate of the WTO since the Singapore Ministerial Conference in 1996. The four issues are: investment; competition policy; transparency in government procurement and trade facilitation. The majority of developing countries, including the Least Developed Country (LDC) group, the African Union, and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group, have repeatedly stated their opposition to agreements on such issues in the WTO.