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Thai factory output up 1.88% y/y in May on higher car output, exports
Published on 30/06/2025
» Thailand's manufacturing production index rose 1.88% in May from a year earlier, the industry ministry said on Monday, slightly higher than analysts' forecasts after increases in car production and exports, while the kingdom’s current account deficit was $0.3 billion in May.
US agrees to start official tariff negotiations with Thailand
Post Reporters, Published on 08/06/2025
» The United States has agreed to start official tariff negotiations with Thailand, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira.
Shape of new climate politics emerges
News, Published on 07/06/2025
» Only a few months ago, a headline like "United States sets tariffs of up to 3,521% on solar panels from Southeast Asia" could have been dismissed as satire. Today, it's nothing special, one of many published amid an uninterrupted fusillade accompanying Donald Trump's first 100 days in power. Yet it's also part of something bigger, as axes of economic power shift, technological changes surge, and popular sentiments reconfigure and metastasise. Amid that fracturing world order, how should we consider the climate crisis?
Thailand needs a geostrategic rebalance
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 06/06/2025
» With two military coups and multiple judicial interventions that combined to subvert election results and weaken democratic institutions over the past two decades, it is unsurprising that Thailand's geostrategic position has leaned increasingly towards China. Naturally, the more Thailand becomes autocratic, the more it will be estranged from established democracies in Europe and North America, as well as Japan and South Korea, with nowhere to turn but to Beijing. But this China orientation is a geostrategic mistake at this time. Thailand should correct its course until clearer signs emerge as to which side of the superpower struggle will come out on top.
Online talks with US in the works
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/06/2025
» Thailand and the United States are gearing up for online trade talks as they await confirmation of the final schedule, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Maris Sangiampongsa.
Trade talk and domestic politics drive sentiment
Business, Published on 20/05/2025
» Thai shares rebounded in line with global bourses last week, shortly before falling back closer to 1,200 points. Early in the week, the market was driven by euphoria over the prospects for a US-China trade deal. Washington cut tariffs on Chinese goods to 30% while China trimmed its rates to 10% for 90 days.
Thai-US trade talks are likely to fail
Oped, Chartchai Parasuk, Published on 15/05/2025
» Don't get too excited over news the temporary trade deal between China and the US will mean friendly negotiations with other countries. The US government still aims for higher import tax income to narrow its monstrous fiscal deficit. As explained in a previous article, Donald Trump would love to see an average tariff rate of around 20% or higher on imports. Higher customs revenue already allowed the US to achieve a budget surplus of US$258 billion (8.5 trillion baht) in April. The figure incorporates only a 10% universal tariff, as full reciprocal tariffs were postponed for 90 days from April 8. Just imagine how nice the US budget position would be with 20% or more import tariff revenue?
Thailand has sent trade proposal to United States, PM says
Published on 13/05/2025
» Thailand has sent a trade proposal to the United States, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Tuesday, as the government seeks negotiations to reduce steep US tariffs.
Trump's tariff trade war is no accident
Oped, Chartchai Parasuk, Published on 01/05/2025
» President Donald Trump's tariff policy has received numerous criticisms from various parties, including several Nobel Prize laureates, for being against the economic principles of free trade.
Thai trade representative holds meeting with govt, private sector of Indonesia to boost trade
Post Reporters, Published on 29/04/2025
» Umesh Pandey, the TTR who is responsible for handling of the Asean market as per the directives of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, held various meetings in Jakarta as part of the move to help boost trade and investments between the two largest economies of Asean group.