One Southeast Asian country in particular stands to reap big gains from the imminent approval of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Singapore's founder, Stamford Raffles, would be amazed if he were to come back today and see what the nation has become.
Frontier Asian markets such as Vietnam and Bangladesh are playing catch up with Thailand, South Korea and China, but they are catching up fast.
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