{
  "id": 17807257,
  "title": "Asean seeks to sign FTA with EU. Can Singapore help resolve the Myanmar hurdle?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/asean-seeks-to-sign-fta-with-eu-can-singapore-help-resolve-the",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T13:30:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3373027/asean-seeks-sign-fta-eu-can-singapore-help-resolve-myanmar-hurdle"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Singapore is pitching itself as a bridge between the European Union (EU) and Asean, as the two blocs continue their protracted discussions to seal a free trade agreement (FTA). However, Myanmar’s political uncertainty is a major hurdle towards an EU-Asean FTA, and Singapore will have to play a key role to break the deadlock when it assumes the chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}