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Tariffs not trivial
News, Postbag, Published on 06/11/2019
» Re: "US views removal of GSP perks as trivial", (Business, Nov 5).
Mind over tariffs
Oped, Postbag, Published on 10/08/2024
» Re: "Call for new tariffs on Chinese goods", (Business, Aug 8).
Tariffs miss mark
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/08/2025
» Re: "Adding up the list of Thai concessions", (Business, Aug 2).
Tariffs top closures
Oped, Postbag, Published on 08/10/2025
» Re: "Making Cambodia pay for border row", (Opinion, Oct 2). As a seasoned economist, Chartchai Parasuk makes a valid point by suggesting that Thailand open its borders with Cambodia. After all, the closed borders are only hurting this nation, economically speaking.
Hand-wringing over tariffs
Business, Published on 04/11/2019
» The US recently stunned long-time ally Thailand by revoking trade privileges worth US$1.3 billion (39.2 billion baht) under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), stirring up anti-American sentiment among locals online after the latest in a string of protectionist trade policies favoured by US President Donald Trump.
Trump tariffs terrify Thailand
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 10/02/2025
» The stock market fluctuated, gold prices surged, and oil prices fell as global markets reacted to renewed trade tensions between the world's two largest economies, while the Thai bourse felt the ripple effects last week as it plunged.
Tariffs force petrochem contraction
News, Published on 30/08/2025
» US President Donald Trump's trade wars are nudging the global plastics industry towards a painful but necessary restructuring to address acute overcapacity that has kept the industry's profits in a prolonged slump.
Democrats no strangers to tariffs
News, Jeffrey Frankel, Published on 15/06/2018
» US President Donald Trump's aggressive approach to trade, which was on stark display at last week's G7 summit in Quebec, has elicited widespread derision. Critics point out that his tariffs hurt the domestic economy -- by raising costs for consumers and producers, and reducing foreign sales of farmers and other exporters -- while undermining America's relationships with its own allies. But there is one point that many observers get wrong: contrary to popular belief, Mr Trump's tariffs are not an unprecedented departure from historical Republican orthodoxy.
Trump makes China tariffs official
Published on 15/06/2018
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has moved the United States to the brink of a trade war with China, formally announcing tariffs on billions of dollars worth of Chinese imports that America’s biggest trading partner vowed to retaliate against.
Trump claims China tariffs successful
AFP, Published on 18/09/2018
» WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Monday hailed his aggressive use of tariffs as a success for American business, amidst reports he plans to drastically ratchet up the battle with Beijing imminently.