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?? Goodbye, Singapore and hello, San Diego! Wrapping up our weeklong #SDinSG trade mission, we’re returning home inspired by the city-state’s innovation, commitment to sustainable growth, and opportunities for continued collaboration between our complementary tech, life sciences, and advanced manufacturing sectors. Thank you to Representative Scott Peters for leading this year’s trade mission to Singapore with Councilmember Raul Campillo, and to Qualcomm, Ambix Ventures, San Diego Tourism Authority, and San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance for your generous support of our work to strengthen San Diego-Singapore partnerships. And thank you to each of our delegates for your time and contributions during this trip, which will inspire future jobs, growth, and investment at home in San Diego: Ambix Ventures, Arup, Austal USA, Biolinq, The City of San Diego, Connect, Cubic Corporation, Curebound, MiraCosta College, Mitsubishi Electric, Port of San Diego, Qualcomm, San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, San Diego State University, San Diego Tourism Authority, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Silver Creek Modular, The Conrad Prebys Foundation, Tijuana Economic Development Corporation, UC San Diego, and Visaic, Inc..

Business trip to Amsterdam? There's a direct flight for that. ?? Starting May 2025, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will offer nonstop flights between San Diego and Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, operating three times weekly year-round. Following our successful 2022 #SDinNL trade mission, this direct air service will help San Diego continue to strengthen relationships with the Dutch market and provide additional connectivity to other major markets in Europe. KLM's service marks San Diego's third nonstop service to Europe, joining British Airways' London route and Lufthansa's Munich route. San Diego County Regional Airport Authority https://lnkd.in/g6-mSZ93

Join us this Thursday, November 14 at this year's International Affairs Board Annual Forum, where you'll hear from key local leaders on the state of San Diego's global connectivity. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gEf34mYf Register: https://lnkd.in/g2ASJ6cc

For San Diego manufacturers, our proximity to Tijuana and Baja California offers significant untapped potential—and many of our region's most successful, innovative brands are already establishing a presence just 30 minutes south. “Manufacturing in both San Diego and Tecate gives Taylor Guitars a competitive advantage," says Ed Granero, Taylor Guitars' VP of Product Development. "Together, they enable us to deliver a diverse range of products without compromising on craftsmanship or innovation.” Learn how leveraging manufacturing in Mexico, its highly skilled technical talent, and partners like Tijuana Economic Development Corporation can help San Diego manufacturers scale effectively ?? https://lnkd.in/gwg8wCyW

San Diego exporters: Join us, San Diego & Imperial District Export Council, and Simona Filip Racek, CGBP for an in-depth webinar series offering practical insights into export control regulations with expert guidance, Q&A opportunities, and valuable tools to sharpen your compliance expertise ?

With more than 283,600 crossings per day, San Diego-Tijuana is the busiest land border crossing in the Western Hemisphere and one of the busiest in the world—after Singapore and the Malaysian state of Johor Bahru. ?? During last week's #SDinSG trade mission, Representative Scott Peters, Councilmember Raul A. Campillo, and our delegation explored the Woodlands Border Crossing between Singapore and Johor. Representing a binational region ourselves, we learned about its co-production dynamic, initiatives like its Special Economic Zone, and how the crossing manages such a large flow of goods and people across its borders—to the tune of 450,000 daily crossings, more than double San Diego’s San Ysidro Port of Entry.

"As we depart Singapore on the heels of our seventh international trade mission," WTCSD's Executive Director Nikia Clarke, Ph.D. writes, "it is with a tremendous amount of gratitude for the broad coalition of San Diego leadership that joins us year after year." Exploring Singapore—another innovative, binational region and the world’s premier gateway to Asia—in an economic moment characterized by geopolitical uncertainty, rapidly shifting supply chains, and energy transition, our goals for this trade mission remained threefold: 1?? To facilitate transactional wins that bring jobs and investment to San Diego. 2?? To enable best practice sharing to help us address our biggest regional challenges. 3?? To share San Diego’s innovation story in a market that matters for our economic future. Over a whirlwind three days filled with more than 15 meetings and events, our delegation did this—and then some. With and through our regional and Singaporean partners, here's what we accomplished during #SDinSG—and where we're headed ?? https://lnkd.in/gEbuEysm

San Diego to Singapore. Port to Port. ???? Following a tour of ResMed, which recently constructed a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Singapore, Representative Scott Peters and our delegation spent our third and final #SDinSG day visiting the Port of Singapore, the world’s busiest transshipment port. ??? Like the Port of Singapore, the Port of San Diego has made great strides in climate action, with the installation of two new all-electric cranes—the first of their kind and offering the heaviest lift capacity of any port on the US West Coast. ?? During today’s session, Representative Scott Peters spoke about his time as a port commissioner, the importance of trade infrastructure to the development of a region, and the role ports can play in making progress toward a greener future. After learning about the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA)'s decarbonization efforts and innovation ecosystem, Port of San Diego Chairman Frank Urtasun and Director, Maritime Joel Valenzuela presented on San Diego’s own marine sustainability program. ??Finally, we enjoyed a behind-the-scenes tour of one of Singapore’s most iconic landmarks—the Marina Bay Sands, led by its architectural designer Arup.

Day 2 of our #SDinSG trade mission saw Representative Scott Peters, Councilmember Raul A. Campillo, and our delegation explore Singapore’s investment, genomics, housing, and tourism efforts. ?? Following a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong and US Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Casey Mace, Enterprise Singapore, and Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), our delegation visited Illumina’s Singapore office, which employs 2,000–more than 40% of which commute from Malaysia daily. ??? We continued the day at Temasek, a global investment company owned by the government of Singapore, where Representative Scott Peters and our delegation comprising companies Biolinq and #MetroConnectSD company Visaic, Inc. learned about the firm’s global reach and focus on digitization, sustainability, and healthcare. Our delegation then explored Singapore’s approach to high-quality, accessible housing with the Ministry of National Development Singapore, Arup, and SJ Group. ?? But it was dinner that was the wildest part of a jam-packed day, thanks to the globally renowned Mandai Wildlife Group's Singapore Zoo. On the 69-acre grounds, we enjoyed a fireside chat with San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance CEO Paul Baribault and Singapore Zoo CEO Mike Barclay, who spotlighted their economic impact and wildlife conservation efforts. Thank you to the San Diego Tourism Authority and San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance for your generous sponsorship!

?? With the world’s busiest border crossings, San Diego and Singapore share binational identities and strengths in life sciences, tech, and advanced manufacturing—presenting key opportunities for learning and collaboration. ?? Kicking off our first day of #SDinSG, Representative Scott Peters, Councilmember Raul A. Campillo, and WTCSD’s Nikia Clarke, Ph.D., as well as Tijuana Economic Development Corporation's Maria Cristina Hermosillo, Curebound's Anne Marbarger, and San Diego State University's Hala Madanat spotlighted our binational region’s strengths, incentives, and opportunities for investment to dozens of Singaporean investor prospects. Thank you to HSBC and Globalization Partners for generously hosting us. ?? We then explored the Woodlands Border Crossing between Singapore and Malaysia, its co-production dynamic with initiatives like its Special Economic Zone, and how the crossing manages such a large flow of goods and people across its borders—to the tune of more than 450,000 daily crossings, more than double San Diego’s San Ysidro Port of Entry. ?? Finally, our delegation visited Singapore Science Park to learn about Singapore’s TRUST health data exchange platform and discuss opportunities for data sharing and co-innovation, ultimately aiming to leverage space at universities and research institutions in both regions to support the exchange of companies working on either side of the Pacific. Thank you to CapitaLand, National Health Innovation Centre (NHIC), ClavystBio, and National University of Singapore for leading the discussion. Check back tomorrow for our second day of learning and connection in Singapore!