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ABSTRACT This article examines how U.S.-China technological competition is reshaping the strategic choices of regional states in the Indo-Pacific, with particular attention to the ways Singapore deploys economic statecraft to navigate great-power rivalry. Existing scholarship has often portrayed small states as passive recipients of economic statecraft, largely constrained by the coercive power of stronger actors. This article challenges that view by arguing that non-great powers can exercise agency through strategic economic action in the technology sector. It shows how Singapore combines active economic diplomacy, domestic mobilisation, and strategic network development to strengthen technological capabilities, reduce vulnerability, and position itself at critical nodes of global supply chains. Drawing on interviews, policy documents, and speeches by Singaporean elites, the article demonstrates that Singapore's economic statecraft is not simply reactive. Rather, it is a pragmatic and adaptive strategy for preserving autonomy, resilience, and relevance in an increasingly fragmented geoeconomic environment. In doing so, the article contributes to the literature on economic statecraft and small and middle powers by showing how non-great powers can use technology-centred strategies to survive and remain influential amid intensifying geopolitical competition.