UK enters negotiations on a digital trade agreement with Singapore

Singapore and the United Kingdom begin negotiations today for a trade agreement in the hope of removing barriers related to exporting digital content and services. The UK is the first European country to embark on this type of deal. Australia and Singapore signed a digital economy agreement (DEA) in December 2020 and a three- …

[Potemkine!]

The UK is the first European country

Since when is UK European??

[Arthur the cat]

Since when is UK European??

According to geologists, since about 60-70 million years ago.

HTH.

[Potemkine!]

Churchill might disagree

"If Britain must choose between Europe and the open sea, she must always choose the open sea"

[codejunky]

@Potemkine!

"Since when is UK European??"

That depends if you mean geographically or the deluded opinion of the self inflated ego bubble. The UK is in Europe but outside the 'more Europe' project.

[WolfFan]

<cough> Fog in Channel. Continent cut off. </cough>

<cough> The wogs begin at Calais. </cough>

Rue, Britannia! Britannia rues the day!

[Peter2]

That's Nazi Propaganda from WW2.

[elsergiovolador]

Yeah sure

> Digital restrictions are among the fastest-growing trade barriers.

It is all artificial setup to milk consumers and restrict small and medium businesses from the market.

Stop corruption, so the barriers will stop growing.

[john.jones.name]

yes singapore wash

basically singapore have ZERO tax on things like software so basically lots of software companies setup there and they now want to sell into UK...

this is exactly like ireland only much worse...

[Anonymous Coward]

So, Five Eyes becomes Six Eyes?

I'm guessing Menwith Hill isn't very useful for covering China..