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US weighs upgrade for Vietnam to 'market economy' status
Published on 08/05/2024
» WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden's bid to draw Vietnam closer as a strategic ally will clash head-on with his desire for union workers' votes on Wednesday as the Commerce Department hears testimony on whether to designate Vietnam as a "market economy".
Beating back the influx of cheap goods
Business, Published on 22/02/2024
» State agencies and organisations are seeking ways to stem the flood of cheap Chinese products into Thai markets, especially via e-commerce platforms, as the influx has damaged small local producers of household goods.
Shrimp exports projected to increase by 10% next year
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 30/11/2023
» Thailand's shrimp exports are expected to grow by 10% next year, driven by a slight increase in domestic shrimp production and stronger demand, especially in the United States.
Possible dumping of Chinese steel investigated
Published on 19/09/2023
» The Ministry of Commerce has launched an investigation into imports of Chinese rolled steel for evading anti-dumping measures.
Thai sugar faces anti-dumping duty in Vietnam
Published on 08/08/2023
» HANOI: Vietnam has imposed anti-dumping penalties between 25.73% and 32.75% on sugar products imported from some of Thailand’s biggest sugar producers for a period of nearly three years, the country’s trade ministry said on Tuesday.
Asian equities gain on hopes for Fed pause
Business, Published on 10/06/2023
» RECAP: Most Asia-Pacific equity markets rose on Friday to their highest level since mid-February, taking cues from an overnight Wall Street rally as bets firmed that the US Federal Reserve would not raise interest rates next week.
Call for more Thai solar panel makers
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 13/06/2022
» The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) is encouraging local companies to invest in solar panel manufacturing, currently dominated by Chinese investors in Thailand, to benefit from a two-year tariff exemption for cells exported from Asean to the US.
Thai solar panel manufacturers win US reprieve
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 09/06/2022
» Thai solar cell exports have a brighter outlook for at least two years after the Biden administration on Monday announced a two-year pause on imposing any new tariffs on such products made in Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia and Vietnam.
Roof producers seek AD waiver extension
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 24/05/2022
» Thai steel roofing producers have called on the Commerce Ministry to help extend anti-dumping (AD) duty waivers or scrap the AD measures on imported steel used in metal sheet production.
Food processors urge tariff waiver on metals
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 04/04/2022
» Thai food processors and the Thai Chamber of Commerce have called for an extension of anti-dumping (AD) duty waivers on tin plate and tin-free steel, used widely in canned food, for at least six months to help offset the impact of rising steel prices and their production costs.