On Tuesday May 6th, 2003, President George W. Bush and Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong signed the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which will significantly relax the rules governing trade between the two
countries.

Singapore, the world's busiest port and the first Asian country to sign a free trade agreement with the US, has long been known to act as a major center of illegal trade in endangered wildlife and wildlife products. This document reveals evidence demonstrating how the city-state also plays a key role in smuggling illegally cut timber into other Asian countries and in some cases into the United States.

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