<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by AC*SE:
An extremely unwise idea. If the Singapore government starts to use regulatory pressure on a foreign company, that is a non-tariff barrier to trade in services. It would invite the UK to haul Singapore before the WTO, which would sully Sinapore's reputation as a trading entity.</font>
Isn't the U.K.'s stand (against 5th freedom ex-U.K. for Singaporean airlines) also a barrier to trade in services?
Singapore could simply revoke the 5th freedom rights out of SIN for all U.K. carriers. It just happens that BA is the only one which is exercising that right currently.
If U.K. airlines have 5th freedom rights out of SIN, why can't Singaporean airlines have them out of U.K.?
Please disclose that you're a citizen of the U.K. (I am of Singapore but by birth, have no interest in remaining a citizen of that country, and I can't get rid of that citzenship!)