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Thailand keen to seal India free trade deal
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 18/05/2016
» India is being urged to speed up comprehensive free-trade talks with Thailand, with little progress having been made on a long-awaited pact.
B5bn relief for growers of cassava
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 26/01/2016
» The government will extend a 5-billion-baht credit line to cassava growers in a bid to persuade them to delay their annual harvest.
Aids lobby slams pharma patent ploy
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 25/09/2015
» Aids advocacy groups have opposed a move by a company that owns the patent to a life-saving drug that will prevent its competitors from making and selling the drug in Thailand.
Trademark Act seeks to cover sounds
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 22/09/2015
» New draft amendments to the Trademark Act that extend trademark protection to cover sounds will soon be submitted for cabinet approval.
Businesses seek a lift in second half
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 18/07/2015
» Regional businesses are hopeful that a recovery in farm prices and the government's accelerated spending will boost consumption in the third and fourth quarters.
FTA with India still elusive
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 02/07/2015
» Talks remain stalled on a Thai-Indian free trade agreement (FTA), as the two countries still disagree on key details.
China mulls buying farm goods
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 12/05/2015
» Thailand looks forward to signing deals with China cover other farm products besides rice after a deal for 1 million tonnes of the grain is signed in July.
Fruitful enterprise
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 06/05/2015
» Coconuts are a fruit that Thais know from an early age. Many Thais consume a coconut a day, be it in the form of coconut water, young coconuts, roasted coconut, coconut-rice pancakes (khanom khrok) or grilled coconut cakes (khanom paeng jee).
Govt plans to extend work permits
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 24/11/2014
» Chiang Rai - The government plans to seek cabinet approval for its proposal to extend the maximum period of work permits for foreigners working in Thailand to two years from the current one year, as part of a range of measures aimed at attracting more foreign investment.
Smells, sounds to receive trademark protection
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 15/11/2014
» The government is preparing to extend trademark protection to cover sounds and smells but insists the protection is a matter of trademarks, not patents.