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In search of the middle ground
Asia focus, Apiradee Treerutkuarkul, Published on 31/05/2021
» As the African proverb goes, when elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. The intensifying China-US rivalry is putting mounting pressure on smaller countries, and Southeast Asian economies are no exception.
Thailand is not ready for the CPTPP
News, Published on 25/08/2020
» In the foreseeable future, Thailand will be shying away from the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The country lacks necessary preparedness and consensus for the high-end free-trade arrangement. It still needs to modernise the tax system and enact new legislature to catch up with global trading rules. In addition, without any reconciliation of existing polarised views between the governmental agencies, private sector and civil society organisations, any attempt to enter the CPTPP's negotiation process now would be futile. It could also drive a further wedge into society, especially at this juncture.
CPTPP could lead to 'soaring' health costs
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/07/2020
» The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will cost Thailand considerably more in medicines and make the country further reliant on imported drugs while leaving state-owned drugmakers in a difficult position, according to a study by Chulalongkorn University.
IP linkage: Connecting agencies to speed patent approvals
Business, Published on 14/04/2017
» Many people were surprised when Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha revealed on Feb 24 that there were more than 12,000 patent applications awaiting decisions by the Thai Patent Office. Addressing what has become one of the world's longest patent backlogs, he said, had become an urgent matter.
New air con coolants save on power use
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 28/02/2017
» The successful switch by the Thai air conditioner manufacturing industry to the eco-friendly refrigerant R-32 could reduce the country's power consumption by 10%, according to World Bank.
The great trans-Pacific free-trade charade
Joseph Stiglitz, Published on 04/10/2015
» As negotiators and ministers from the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries meet in Atlanta in an effort to finalise the details of the sweeping new Trans-Pacific Partnership, some sober analysis is warranted. The biggest regional trade and investment agreement in history is not what it seems.