@Ah_Meng:
Retaliatory tariffs... The question is not if Singapore is smart not to impose a retaliatory tariff. It's about if Singapore is able to retaliate economically against US. We have to understand the context here. Singapore is a small island nation with no natural resources. What it lacks it made up for through sheer hard work from its people to arrive at today's prosperity. Singapore economy strives in an open economy environment. Therefore, Singapore had benefited greatly from a free trading world 🌍. With the second coming of Donald Trump brings chaos and a new dawn to the world of economic. The words, "protectionism" and "closed economy" seems to loom large in this new term. Much worse than his first. It appears he has already warmed up and ready to show his true colours.