SINGAPORE - Singapore not only imports virtually everything it consumes and exports most of what it makes, but it also gets its boom and bust economic cycles from overseas. So, when three key trading partners are in trouble, it should expect challenges ahead.
And given these three partners - China, the United States and the European Union - account for more than half of the world economy, the worst is likely.
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