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Carabao Group set to produce Tsingtao beer
Business, Kuakul Mornkum, Published on 14/11/2025
» SET-listed Carabao Group Plc is preparing to produce Tsingtao beer as an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) in Thailand.
Thailand spurns Cambodia peace deal tied to US trade talks
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/11/2025
» Thailand has suspended a peace process with Cambodia that was a condition for tariff negotiations with US President Donald Trump, after Thai soldiers were injured in a land-mine blast near the border.
Thailand braces for B100bn hit from dispute with Cambodia
Bloomberg, Published on 20/10/2025
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s government predicts losses could total 100 billion baht from disruptions to cross-border trade with Cambodia, after a longstanding territorial dispute erupted into armed conflict earlier this year.
Edging away from conflict
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Lamonphet Apisitniran and Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 22/09/2025
» The ongoing border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia is having a notable economic effect on both nations and their investors, which may cause foreign investors to re-evaluate their business strategies, particularly the Thailand Plus One model that allows them to leverage Thailand's robust infrastructure while taking advantage of lower labour costs in neighbouring countries, such as Cambodia.
China warns countries not to sign US trade deals at its expense
South China Morning Post, Published on 30/06/2025
» China has again warned that its interests must not be used as a bargaining chip as countries scramble to make deals with the United States to avoid the reinstatement of tariffs after a 90-day reprieve ends on July 9.
Chinese ‘patriots’ gang up on local water giant
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/03/2024
» The Chinese beverage giant Nongfu Spring Co is the latest major brand to come under fire from an online army of nationalist citizens, underscoring the challenges for domestic companies navigating an increasingly patriotic environment.
China's Singles' Day sees surge in 'nationalist' spending
South China Morning Post, Published on 21/11/2021
» HONG KONG: From local fashion brands to traditional medicine, hot selling items during this year's Singles' Day shopping bonanza were mostly home-grown goods, reflecting rising nationalist sentiment among Chinese consumers.
China's state media tries to reassure investors over crackdown
AFP, Published on 08/09/2021
» BEIJING: China's recent clampdowns on a range of industries including tech firms and the education sector will not detract from its goal of opening up the economy, state media said Wednesday, as Beijing rushes to reassure rattled investors.
Global brands find it hard to untangle themselves from Xinjiang cotton
New York Times, Published on 06/04/2021
» Faced with accusations that it was profiting from the forced labour of Uyghur people in the Chinese territory of Xinjiang, the H&M Group — the world’s second-largest clothing retailer — promised last year to stop buying cotton from the region.
Don't isolate Myanmar
Asia focus, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 01/03/2021
» Directly or indirectly, the military has always called the shots in Myanmar. And now that it has removed the decade-old façade of gradual democratisation by detaining civilian leaders and seizing power, Western calls to punish the country with sanctions and international isolation are growing louder. Heeding them would be a mistake.