SM Lee Urges Singaporeans To Work Together As One Amid Challenging Global Environment

Singaporeans need to work together as one Team Singapore in order to face a challenging external environment, including the latest US tariffs and China's reciprocal moves, and their impact on global trade, said Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

- Chin Soo Fang

"Those are all external problems, and what we can do about them is to work together domestically at home, to be one team, one Team Singapore, so that we can deal with them as one people, one nation," said SM Lee.

"We have the responsibility to protect our home, our future, our countrymen... working together to give Singapore a better tomorrow."

He was speaking to Ang Mo Kio residents at a community event at Cheng San Market and Cooked Food Centre on April 12.

China has increased its tariffs on US imports to 125 per cent, in a retaliatory move to US President Donald Trump's decision to hike duties on Chinese goods to 145 per cent. The US has also imposed baseline tariffs of 10 per cent on most of its imports, including those from Singapore.

This has caused market volatility and will likely impact global supply chains.

SM Lee, who is also an MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC, thanked the residents for their support over the years and urged them to continue supporting the Government.