1. Press releases
Joint Press Release FIT Partnership Ministers issue Declaration on Strengthening the Rules-Based Trading System
16 March 2026
Ministers and representatives from 10 members of the Future of Investment and Trade (FIT) Partnership – Costa Rica, Iceland, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Rwanda, Singapore, Switzerland and Uruguay - convened virtually today and endorsed a Ministerial Declaration on Strengthening the Rules-Based Trading System (“Declaration”). The meeting was chaired by Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr. Gan Kim Yong, in Singapore’s capacity as Coordinating Chair of the FIT Partnership in its inaugural year.
Download the full joint press release [PDF, 289 KB].
Endorsed by the Ministers responsible for international trade of the following countries: COSTA RICA, ICELAND, LIECHTENSTEIN, NEW ZEALAND, NORWAY, PARAGUAY, RWANDA, SINGAPORE, SWITZERLAND, URUGUAY
16 MARCH 2026