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Free trade has a heavy price
News, Published on 17/09/2013
» Government officials are currently holding serious negotiations with Europeans on a possible EU-Thailand Free Trade Agreement. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra pushed for progress while in Europe last week. The problem is that serious, even insurmountable, problems remain between the bargaining sessions and a future, fair FTA with positive results all around.
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Politics of banking has changed little
News, Published on 17/09/2013
» Five years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers triggered the largest global financial crisis since the Great Depression, outsize banking sectors have left economies shattered in Ireland, Iceland, and Cyprus. Banks in Italy, Spain, and elsewhere are not lending enough. China's credit binge is turning into a bust. In short, the world's financial system remains dangerous and dysfunctional.
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A bitch of a quote
News, Published on 17/09/2013
» I take exception to the Bangkok Post Sunday's manipulation of Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva's speech (Quote of the Week, Sept 15).
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As the people change, so too does politics
News, Published on 17/09/2013
» Can Thailand rise above political conflicts? We first have to understand what kind of conflicts we are facing. When talking about conflicts, we tend to think about those between individuals or institutions. This is not what we have at hand.
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India's new generation offers hope for the future
News, Published on 17/09/2013
» Last month, Raghuram Rajan was appointed governor of the Reserve Bank of India. On one level, this was a routine announcement that many had anticipated _ after all, Mr Rajan is arguably the best-known Indian economist of his generation. On another level, however, his appointment can be seen as part of a broader generational shift. Mr Rajan, just 50, will be the first RBI governor born after India became a republic in 1950.
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Blaming the system masks Easy Pass flaws
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 17/09/2013
» That Transport Minister Chadchart Sittipunt decided to offer an apology to Easy Pass users who have had to bear with its incorrect deductions for about a month is a nice gesture.
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Under the Tuscan sun... Oh, wait, this is Thailand
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 17/09/2013
» If you regularly roam around Thailand you may have noticed rapid changes in the trendy attractions in recent years, with many stylish places mushrooming and quickly disappearing. And because of this, Thailand is in danger of losing an important part of its identity.
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China rice deal real, or illusion?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/09/2013
» It was no surprise when Democrat deputy party leader Korn Chatikavanich expressed his suspicions on his Facebook page on Monday about an announcement by Commerce Minister Niwatthamrong Bunsongphaisan that China would buy 1.2 million tonnes of stockpiled rice and 200,000 tonnes of rubber from Thailand this year.
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