European Union - Singapore Digital Trade Agreement (EUSDTA)
Enhancing digital connectivity and facilitating end-to-end digital trade between the EU and Singapore.
Last updated 23 October 2025
About EUSDTA
The EUSDTA aims to enhance digital connectivity and facilitate end-to-end digital trade between the EU and Singapore. Building on Singapore’s growing network of Digital Economy Agreements (DEAs), the implementation of the EUSDTA will provide greater clarity and legal certainty for the EU and Singapore citizens and businesses by putting in place rules for digital trade and cross-border data flows.
The EUSDTA will build on our strong economic relationship, anchored by the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (EUSFTA), and will provide more opportunities for Singapore and the EU to deepen its economic relations in the digital economy. As the EU’s first bilateral digital economy agreement with an ASEAN country, the EUSDTA will also support greater region-to-region digital connectivity.
Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations Grace Fu and EU Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maroš Šefčovič signed the European Union-Singapore Digital Trade Agreement (EUSDTA) in Singapore on 7 May 2025.
Key features of the EUSDTA
Enable and facilitate open and secure data flow: The EUSDTA supports trusted cross-border data flows for electronic commerce and other digitally enabled activities, while maintaining a legal framework for personal data protection based on internationally recognised principles.
Facilitate end-to-end digital trade: The EUSDTA will promote the use of internationally accepted standards, enhance interoperability, and foster innovation and competition in e-payment services. It will also support cross-border interoperability of e-invoicing frameworks to improve the cost-effectiveness, efficiency, and reliability of digital trade, and encourage the adoption of paperless trading.
Establish trusted and secure digital system: Singapore and the EU will collaborate to strengthen cybersecurity, including threat mitigation and workforce capability building. To enhance online consumer protection, both sides will adopt or maintain measures against fraudulent, misleading, or deceptive practices in electronic commerce.
Promote greater participation in the Digital Economy: Singapore and the EU will cooperate to share best practices on leveraging digital tools to enhance the participation of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in digital trade.