"I welcome this bilateral free trade agreement. It'll be our first with an Asian nation, I hope the first of many. Singapore is America's largest trading partner in Southeast Asia. A U.S-Singapore free trade agreement will add to the growing trade that our countries share. It especially will offer a new market for American companies in financial and professional services. This agreement continues our goal toward greater trade liberalization, not only in the Pacific, but throughout the globe. I appreciate the President's interest in concluding free trade agreements. We have to make up for lost time and missed opportunities prior to this Administration."