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Stock market: Sudden fall & weak baht (update)
Jon Fernquest, Published on 12/06/2013
» Baht weakening (& improvement for exporters) after foreign investment money pulled out of Thailand & sent back to US with US credit rating improvement.
Thailand still stuck on US piracy list
Jon Fernquest, Published on 02/05/2013
» Music, movies & fake luxury goods still for sale everywhere so no end in sight to watch list but luckily punishment never happens.
Cheap Asian labour: The end?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/04/2013
» Cheap labour in factories producing clothes, shoes, toys & food helped Asia grow quickly for decades, but wages are rising so time for next step?
Thai-Mongolian Relations: Business & military cooperation
Jon Fernquest, Published on 29/04/2013
» Three day visit by PM Yingluck focuses on trade & investment in biotech, food, pharma, electronics & computers. Mongolia also wants to join Thai-US Cobra Gold military exercises.
Obama visit: Trade talks
Jon Fernquest, Published on 13/11/2012
» Obama trip will feature talks to free up Thai-US trade as well as marking 180 years of relations between US & Thailand.
Thailand & neighbors join together on rice
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/08/2012
» Five leading Asean rice producing countries have a plan to cooperate on exports to boost rice prices by 10% every year.
Tiny islands everyone wants
Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/07/2012
» Conflicting claims of China & Asean to tiny oil rich islands turned Cambodian summit last week into China-US power struggle.
Thai sugar: New Asean export opportunity
Jon Fernquest, Published on 13/06/2012
» With start of Asean Economic Community & low sugar prices worldwide, may be time to grab Asean market share from Brazil.
Electronics workforce: Skill upgrade + English needed
Jon Fernquest, Published on 12/06/2012
» Electronics industry with exports of 1.6 trillion baht & 200,000 employees, could shrink 50% in 3 years without educational & skill improvements.
Thailand's rice sector doomed?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/04/2012
» Thai rice sector may be heading towards corruption-plagued government-to government trading, business given to companies that do business with the politicians in power, many exporters may be wiped out.