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Thai export crackdown targets trade misuse
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 07/05/2025
» The Department of Foreign Trade (DFT) has expanded the watch list of products at risk of circumvention from 49 to 65, aiming to strengthen control over the misuse of Thai origin for exports to the US.
Chinese firms turn to Indian exporters to help fill US orders
Published on 28/04/2025
» Some China-based firms hit hard by US tariffs are reaching out to Indian exporters to fill orders on their behalf and help them retain their American customers as they navigate a trade war causing seismic shocks in global commerce.
Thai opposition pitches stimulus plan to cope with US tariff
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/04/2025
» Thailand's main opposition party called for an economic stimulus package to cope with the US tariff after Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra signalled that trade talks to secure relief from the levy have been stalled.
New Trump task force vows to root out 'anti-Christian bias'
AFP, Published on 23/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - US Attorney General Pam Bondi hosted the opening meeting of an "anti-Christian bias" task force Tuesday, as the government pressed federal workers to inform on work colleagues engaging in discriminatory behavior.
Thailand finalises US trade strategy ahead of talks next week
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/04/2025
» Thailand aims to hold talks with Trump administration officials next week to secure relief from a planned 36% reciprocal tariff on its goods, with officials finalising a set of proposals including to cut its US$46 billion trade surplus with the United States.
100 questioned over Bangkok building collapse
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 10/04/2025
» Police have interviewed nearly 100 people as part of an investigation into the collapse of the State Audit Office (SAO) building in Bangkok, said a senior police officer.
US tariffs ‘to cost Thai economy B360bn’
Published on 03/04/2025
» Reciprocal tariffs imposed by the United States could result in economic losses for Thailand of 359 billion baht, reducing gross domestic product (GDP) by nearly 2%, according to the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC).
Time to let Afghan women lead
News, Published on 10/03/2025
» This year's International Women's Day is marked by a sense of foreboding, even despair. Progress on women's rights and representation is stalling: the number of women in parliaments grew last year at the lowest rate in a generation, and the global financing gap for gender initiatives remains wide. At a time of widespread democratic backsliding -- and with US President Donald Trump freezing foreign aid, including for gender initiatives -- the prospects for improvement appear bleak.
US firms demand crackdown on tariff-evading Chinese importers
Published on 06/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - The United States needs tougher legislation to enforce trade laws and ensure criminal prosecution of Chinese government-subsidised companies that circumvent US tariffs by shipping goods through third countries, US companies said on Wednesday.
The post-Covid fiscal tightrope
Oped, Published on 26/02/2025
» As economies worldwide start to emerge from the inflation-fueled cost-of-living crisis that followed the Covid-19 pandemic, fiscal policymakers are confronting a sobering reality: they are not out of the woods yet.