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Thailand holds its breath
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 07/07/2025
» The Thai business sector remains optimistic that tariff negotiations with the US can yield a favourable outcome after Vietnam recently made headlines by securing a 20% tariff rate on shipments to the US along with a waiver on import duties for American products.
Thai trade representative, Asean secretary-general meet to boost intra-Asean trade amid tariff wars
Post Reporters, Published on 24/04/2025
» Umesh Pandey, Thailand's Trade Representative (TTR), met with Asean secretary-general Kao Kim Hourn to discuss boosting intra-Asean trade amid ongoing tariff wars.
Thai businesses girding for a trade war
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 27/01/2025
» US President Donald Trump's second term in office has captured the attention of the Thai business sector, as his "Golden Age of America" vision focuses on bolstering the American economy by hiking tariffs and relocating production bases to the US.
Trade minister talks up Japanese investment ties
Post Reporters, Published on 12/01/2025
» The Commerce Ministry is urging Japanese companies to invest more in Thailand's automotive and other emerging industries.
Dems see Hat Yai as next Hong Kong
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/04/2023
» The Democrat Party wants to woo investors by dusting off its plan to transform the commercial district of Hat Yai in Songkhla into an economic powerhouse.
Ministry preps mini-FTA with Shenzhen
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 02/03/2023
» The Commerce Ministry on Wednesday clinched a memorandum of understanding to form a deeper trade partnership through a mini-free trade agreement (mini-FTA) with Shenzhen in China, aiming to grow trade between Thailand and the southeastern metropolis by 5% to 910 billion baht in 2024.
No time like the present
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 02/08/2021
» Both titans of industry and think tanks believe Thailand should accelerate its economic restructuring to improve its competitiveness, which faces challenges on many fronts.
Trade officials warn of Vietnam's edge
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 28/01/2021
» Thai manufacturers and exporters are being urged to improve their competitiveness in the European market as prospective EU buyers may shift to cheaper goods from Vietnam after the EU-Vietnam free-trade agreement (FTA) became effective in August 2020.
Export marketing, partner talks making progress
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 03/12/2020
» The government looks set to organise as many as 343 marketing activities both in and outside Thailand and accelerate free trade agreement (FTA) talks with several potential partners including the European Union (EU), the UK, the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the European Free Trade Association (Efta).
India mulls import tax in RCEP talks
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/09/2019
» India plans to propose the imposition of "safeguard tax" on imports to better protect domestic industries as part of the long-awaited Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which is supposed to reduce trade barriers.