When Singapore’s President Tharman Shanmugaratnam landed in Dar es Salaam last week for a historic three-day state visit, the first by a Singaporean head of state since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1980, most headlines focused on trade volumes and the symbolism of a 45-year partnership entering a new chapter.
The five agreements signed at State House deserve closer reading. One of them, passed over with little analysis, may carry more commercial consequence than all the others combined.
Tanzania and Singapore signed a Memorandum of Understanding on carbon credits collaboration under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.
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