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Senior executive calls for orderly Chinese expansion in Southeast Asian market
South China Morning Post, Published on 19/10/2024
» BEIJING - Chinese companies venturing into Southeast Asia, one of the hottest destinations for overseas expansion, should refrain from flooding the market with homogeneous products and services that would lead to vicious competition, a senior Chinese bank executive has urged.
Shedding light on the US solar probe
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 19/10/2024
» US producers of crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) cells and modules submitted petitions on April 24, 2024 to the US Department of Commerce (DOC) and US International Trade Commission (USITC), requesting an anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigation on solar cells and modules imported from four countries in Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
China's economy grows 4.6% in Q3, keeping stimulus calls alive
Published on 18/10/2024
» BEIJING: China's economy grew slightly quicker than expected in the third quarter, but a prolonged property downturn and weak consumption remain a drag on activity, maintaining pressure on policymakers as they consider more stimulus steps to revitalise growth.
Minister, US envoy talk tariffs, investment
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 18/10/2024
» Commerce Minister Pichai Naripthaphan and the US ambassador held a discussion on trade tariffs and investment in high-tech industries, seeking strategic common ground.
Minister vows to keep lid on fuel and power prices
Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 17/10/2024
» Energy Minister Pirapan Salirathavibhaga insists that the government will continue to cap domestic energy prices, notably diesel and electricity, to help consumers and businesses deal with the economic slowdown.
Balancing geopolitics
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 14/10/2024
» Geopolitics has the potential to significantly influence global trade dynamics, particularly as tensions rise and alliances shift among nations.
US' protectionist trade policies are backfiring
News, Published on 14/10/2024
» The United States has adopted increasingly protectionist policies over the past few years, raising tariffs, revising or withdrawing from free-trade agreements, and restricting trade with countries considered strategic threats. While these measures aim to exert pressure on perceived adversaries like China, there is growing evidence that economic sanctions are at best ineffective and, at worst, counterproductive.
Taiwanese flock to China festival despite tensions
Published on 12/10/2024
» MEIZHOU, China - More than a thousand Taiwanese pilgrims have flocked to Fujian province in southeastern China for a religious festival, a rare instance of cross-strait cultural exchanges that are sometimes overshadowed by political tensions.
Fujimori's Peru and the price of neoliberal success
Oped, Published on 10/10/2024
» The script of Latin American politics too often reads like a "dictator novel," and on Sept 11, another chapter drew to a close with the death of Alberto Fujimori. As the president who most defined -- and divided -- modern Peru, his legacy remains a topic of heated debate. One version of Fujimori's epitaph would commend his economics and condemn his politics, but the deeper lesson his life story offers may be that it is impossible to separate the two.
EU to impose tariffs up to 45% on EVs from China
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/10/2024
» LONDON - The European Union (EU) voted on Friday to impose tariffs as high as 45% on electric vehicles (EVs) from China in a move set to increase trade tensions with Beijing, according to people familiar with the process.