SINGAPORE’S LEADER Lee Hsien Loong knows there’s little he or his tiny island state can do to determine the outcome of the ongoing US-China trade tussle.
Still, as the prime minister does his final sums on whether to call general elections in 2019 – a year before his government’s mandate ends – the trajectory of the tariff battle is likely to weigh the heaviest on his decision, observers say.
David Black, owner of the Singapore-based Blackbox Research polling firm, said he believed if “elections were held today … [the PAP] would feel comfortable about achieving a fairly solid result.”
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Author: Blackbox Research Team
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