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Tit-for-tat tariffs as Trump escalates trade war
News, Kate Sullivan & Josh Wingrove, Published on 08/03/2025
» US President Donald Trump delivered on his threat to hit Canada and Mexico with sweeping import levies and doubled an existing charge on China, spurring swift reprisals that plunged the world economy into a deepening trade war. Yesterday, Mr Trump backtracked and postponed Canada and Mexico tariffs for a month.
Biden has launched a trade war against himself
News, Anne O. Krueger, Published on 03/10/2022
» The contradiction between US President Joe Biden's major domestic and foreign-policy objectives and his administration's trade policies has grown increasingly sharp. As Mr Biden nears the midpoint of his electoral term, it is no exaggeration to say that he is waging war against his own agenda.
Chompoo's uncle gets jail term over wood
News, Post Reporters, Published on 31/03/2022
» The man at the centre of an unsolved case involving the death of his niece, Orawan "Chompoo" Wongsricha, last year has been convicted of possessing protected wood and given a suspended one-year jail term.
Cruel forest law helped condemn Billy to death
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 11/09/2019
» Details of the gruesome murder of missing Karen rights activist Porlajee "Billy" Rakchongcharoen released last week by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) sent shivers down many spines. As the case made headlines, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha echoed public sentiment in calling for the culprit to be punished.
US needs help to take on China
News, David Fickling, Published on 15/05/2019
» Imagine if Canada decided to bring the US to heel over its abusive trade practices.
Chinese plantation bid faces rejection
News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/10/2018
» A request by a Chinese firm to lease 20,000 rai of rubber plantation land in Nakhon Si Thammarat for 30 years from the Rubber Authority of Thailand (RAOT) is likely to be rejected, according to Agriculture Minister Grisada Boonrach.
Croc owners told to check in
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 25/07/2018
» Phuket: Owners of crocodiles, both commercially farmed and raised as pets, must notify provincial officials about their reptiles immediately for checks following sightings of a crocodile near the province's popular beaches over the past several days.
Mexico gets its very own Trump
News, Jorge G Castañeda, Published on 04/07/2018
» US President Donald Trump has been the world's worst headache for the past 18 months, and arguably no country has suffered more than Mexico. Of the three main contenders in Mexico's just-completed presidential election, none was as ill-prepared as the winner, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador -- Amlo, as he is known -- to manage the bully in the White House. Nonetheless, the Mexican people have chosen him, and he will have to deal with Mr Trump for much (if not all) of his six years in office.