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Work together for rule-based trade
Oped, Published on 20/05/2025
» For almost 80 years, the multilateral rule-book has been the basis for international trade relations. Under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and its successor, the World Trade Organization (WTO), world trade has expanded at an unprecedented rate, contributing to growth and prosperity around the world. Our countries, Thailand and Sweden, share a long tradition of support for the rule-based trading system.
Experts urge caution in tariff talks
Published on 14/04/2025
» The government to proceed cautiously rather than rushing into retaliation against the United States' reciprocal tariff measures, experts say.
A gastronomic tour with Hyatt
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 02/06/2023
» From now until June 15, a group of hotels and resorts under Hyatt Thailand are joining forces for a special dining promotion, the Hyatt Thailand Signature Restaurant Week 2023.
Environmental tariffs could be a game changer
Oped, Published on 29/07/2022
» Environmental tariffs may be humanity's last hope for mitigating climate change, which is on course to become increasingly devastating if we do not curb our greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions.
The WTO Couldn't Change China, so Robert Lighthizer Found Another Way
Business, Published on 23/10/2020
» After President Trump imposed steep tariffs on Chinese imports in 2018, Beijing did what aggrieved trading partners typically do: It complained to the World Trade Organization. Last month, a WTO panel ruled in its favor, declaring most of the U.S. tariffs violated the organization's rules.
Who blinks first? Boris Johnson's risky Brexit bet
AFP, Published on 23/07/2019
» LONDON - Britain's incoming prime minister Boris Johnson has bet big on a risky Brexit strategy that he hopes will take the UK out of the EU on favourable terms.
Global trade system in dire jeopardy
News, Published on 20/09/2018
» Ten years after the failure of Lehman Brothers, we know that multilateral action was crucial in preventing the so-called Great Recession from becoming even worse than it was. Back then, it was the global financial system that was tottering. Today, it is the global trade system that is in jeopardy.
Car import duty calculation be revised
Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 27/06/2017
» The Customs Department will change the valuation method of imported cars to make it more acceptable to importers, deputy spokesman Kreecha Kledsriphan said on Tuesday.
DSI swoops on 10 stolen supercars smuggled in from Britain
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 27/05/2017
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has found 10 of 42 mostly luxury cars that were stolen and then smuggled into Thailand from Britain with the search for the others still ongoing, DSI deputy chief Korrawat Panprapakorn said yesterday.
Trade winds
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 23/05/2016
» The proliferation of major regional trade agreements, including the recently agreed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) being negotiated by the US and the European Union, has undeniably played a critical role in expanding global trade and the exports of member countries.