SINGAPORE (Aug 14): Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing says business leaders of US multinational corporations based in Singapore and the region can influence geopolitics amid global trade war jitters – and shape the course of history.

“You have tremendous responsibility, because you are the movers and shakers of businesses in Southeast Asia, if not in the Asia Pacific region,” Chan says, speaking at a session organised by the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore on Tuesday.

“Your choice of where you put your investment, your choice of where you make those strategic moves for your company, will cumulatively build up a picture of what the US stands for in this region,” he adds. “The choices you make individually will collectively inform Washington where their priorities go.”

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