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Making an ASEAN-EU FTA work for European business : prospects and challenges -- Contents -- Foreword by Pär Ahlberger -- Foreword by K. Kesavapany -- Keynote speech -- About the Contributors -- 1. The Swedish business association of Singapore -- 2. Revisiting the building versus stumbling block debate on free trade agreements: the context of AN EU-ASEAN FTA -- 3. Swedish business in Singapore: how is it really to do business in the region?.

Despite China's comparatively small investment in Singapore, it has experienced continued expansion in recent years. The main driving forces include good bilateral relations and government policies, sound urban environment, well organised social system, mature financial market and preferential tax rate. Overall, these two countries so far have not fully reaped the expected benefits in terms of capital inflows and outflows. There remains great space for further development and cooperation.

Beckman, B. Aid and Foreign Investments: The Swedish Case. Cooperation and Conflict, XIV, 1979, 133-148. This article, which is a summary of a larger study, examines Swedish aid policy and its relation to Swedish private investments in Third World countries. Post-1976 governments have significantly shifted policy in favour of integrating private investments into official aid policy. Main attention is paid to two policy issues: investment guarantees and a fund to promote investments. The article also surveys the participation of private enterprise in SIDA's indus trial cooperation programme. It examines stands taken by Swedish governments, parliamen tary opposition, trade unions and the organisations of industry.