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Bigger role seen for Ranong Port
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 02/10/2025
» The Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) has inaugurated a multimodal transport project at Ranong Port, creating a freight transport route connecting China, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar and South Asian countries via the west coast of southern Thailand.
Govt will help exporters weather tariffs
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 04/08/2025
» The Ministry of Commerce will work closely with financial institutions to help Thai exporters weather the impact of the new tariffs imposed on Thai goods bound for the United States.
Consumers ‘can open parcels before paying’
News, Online Reporters, Published on 02/07/2024
» Consumers have the right to open parcels to inspect them before making cash-on-delivery payments, according to the Office of the Consumer Protection Board.
Thais hunkering down
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn and Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 15/04/2024
» Thai nationals in Israel are advised to adhere to safety protocols issued by the Israeli authorities after Iran's missile and drone attacks on Israel on Saturday.
Why the oil market refuses to catastrophise
News, John Kemp, Published on 20/01/2024
» Psychologists sometimes warn anxious and depressed clients about the danger of catastrophising -- fixating on the worst possible outcome, exaggerating serious but unlikely risks rather than evaluating all outcomes rationally.
Chokepoints could cripple trade
News, Tim Culpan, Published on 16/01/2024
» When traffic through the Suez Canal ground to a halt in 2021, the extraordinary cost and disruptions to global commerce seemed overwhelming. But 8,000 kilometres from the canals of Suez and Panama lie even more important shipping lanes, chokepoints that could cripple global trade should any disaster befall them.
Fragile supply chains will rebuild
News, Tim Culpan, Published on 27/12/2023
» Pick a single item from an array of shocks and you can see just how fragile global supply chains truly are. But combine climate change, decoupling from China, unprecedented technological development, wars, rising costs and labour shortages, and we now have an amalgam of catalysts that will change global trade for the better.
Thai diplomacy in focus
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn & Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 21/11/2023
» Foreign Affairs Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara kicked off a forum for senior diplomats on Monday, focusing on how to steer foreign policy to safeguard and advance the nation's interests in an increasingly polarised world.
Business chiefs welcome 'stability' ruling will bring
News, Phusadee Arunmas and Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 01/10/2022
» The private sector has welcomed the Constitutional Court's ruling on Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha's eight-year term as prime minister as good for the economy.
The looming ban on Russian crude
News, Clyde Russell, Published on 28/09/2022
» Crude oil prices are engaged in a tussle between fears of a recession-led demand decline and ongoing supply tightness, with risks to demand currently edging ahead.