Monthly Report

October 2024

This month together with Congressman Scott Peters and 40 high-level delegates, World Trade Center San Diego led its seventh international trade mission—this time to another innovative, binational region by the sea and the world’s premier gateway to Asia: Singapore.

As we begin to celebrate Manufacturing Month, Singapore’s advanced manufacturing prowess can serve as inspiration of what is possible and what is to come in the San Diego region—because we are just getting started.

reflections from our Executive Director →

by the numbers

40

Delegates Joined WTCSD in Signapore

15

Meetings across 3 days in singapore

$12.8B

FDI into the us from Singapore Since 2019

450K

singapore-Johor border crossings per day

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