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Government ramps up IP legal efforts
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 11/09/2017
» Thailand is revving up its crackdown on intellectual property (IP) infringements and modernising its laws and regulations for the online market, hoping to be delisted from the US' Priority Watch List because it puts the country at risk of being slapped with non-tariff barriers on trade.
Swineherds raise noses at US pork imports
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 12/09/2017
» Thai swineherds are opposing the possibility of pork imports from the US over concerns of consumer health because of the use of ractopamine as well as economic damages to Thai farmers.
Plan to make better use of surplus fruit
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 08/08/2017
» The Commerce Ministry has joined with the Thai Chamber of Commerce to devise strategies for promoting Thai fruits at home and around the globe.
Thailand and Bangladesh consider FTA
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 15/08/2017
» DHAKA: Business leaders from Thailand have agreed on plans to start talks over a free-trade agreement (FTA) with Bangladesh, which could facilitate more Thai investment in the country.
Bangladesh inks 1m-tonne Thai rice deal, backs FTA
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 11/08/2017
» DHAKA: Bangladesh has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to buy 1 million tonnes of Thai rice a year, and agreed to start talks with Thailand on forming a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), which would double trade value to US$2 billion (66.5 billion baht) by 2021.
Ministry leads action plan to raise competitiveness
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 17/08/2017
» The government is drafting a national e-commerce strategy and action plan, hoping to capitalise on growing trends and push Thailand's e-commerce value to 5 trillion baht by 2021, says Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn.
Tapioca price control planned
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 21/08/2017
» Thai tapioca exporters have agreed to stop lowering prices to put a lid on the losses incurred by local farmers, industry officials said last week.
Despite floods, rice output forecasts unchanged
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 22/08/2017
» Around 1 million rai of rice plantation in the Northeast was destroyed by the recent flood, but it is unlikely to have any severe effect on Thai rice production and export, with shippers and industry officials keeping rice export forecasts unchanged at 10 million tonnes.
Ministry set to revise export target to 6-6.5%
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 24/08/2017
» The Commerce Ministry looks set to revise its full-year export growth target to 6-6.5% from 5% after Thai exports rose at a double-digit pace for the fifth straight month in July.
JSCCIB optimistic about export growth
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 26/08/2017
» The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) expects to revise up its full-year forecast for export growth to 4% from the current 3.5-4.0%.