The Singapore-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (SJFTA) and the Singapore-Jordan Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) were concluded on 29 April 2004 and came into force on 22 August 2005.
The SJFTA is Singapore's first FTA with a country in the Middle East and Jordan's first FTA with a country in Asia. It aims to provide an institutional platform for increasing economic engagement between Singapore and Jordan. The SJFTA and the BIT form part of a broader Framework on Closer Economic Partnership between Singapore and Jordan, which also includes a Technical Support Agreement signed in October 2003 and Memorandum of Understanding in Cultural and Tourism Cooperation signed during the Official Visit of Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong to Jordan in February 2004. These agreements will serve to deepen and broaden our links with Jordan and the Middle East region.