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Trump's doubling of tariffs is hitting India hard
Oped, Shashi Tharoor, Published on 05/12/2025
» US President Donald Trump's doubling of tariffs on a wide range of Indian goods, from a steep 25% to a catastrophic 50%, is reshaping India's export economy. Half of what India sells to the United States -- its largest trading partner -- is now prohibitively expensive, and ordinary Indians are suffering as a result.
Can ethical supply chains survive tariffs?
Oped, Joleen Ong, Published on 10/10/2025
» Recent geopolitical developments have underscored the fragility of global supply chains, reminding businesses in constantly evolving sectors like consumer goods and fashion that the strength of supplier relationships is one of the few persistent sources of resilience. Maintaining such relationships through responsible purchasing is not only ethical but strategically necessary.
The lethal price of sweatshop development
Oped, Antara Haldar, Published on 19/05/2023
» It has been ten years since an eight-storey commercial building housing several textile factories on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed on April 24, 2013. The collapse of Rana Plaza claimed the lives of 1,134 people and severely injured 2,000 more, most of them women.
Tourism prone to dodgy dealings
Oped, Editorial, Published on 22/01/2023
» Earlier this month, a flight from China touched down in Bangkok with 269 passengers onboard. A few years ago, this would hardly be worth reporting, but this flight was celebrated with smiles and flowers to mark the arrival of Chinese tourists in Thailand after three long years.
The potential of sustainable wood
Oped, Thais Linhares-Juvenal and Malgorzata Buszko-Briggs, Published on 05/08/2022
» Forests are not just the lungs of the planet: they have huge potential, if managed sustainably, to become a major source of welfare, income and renewable products as part of a more healthy global economy.
Driving Indonesia's women-led weaving recovery
Oped, Suzana Ramadhani, Published on 10/11/2021
» Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) suffered the most when the pandemic hit Indonesia in early 2020. As movement restrictions were enforced, lack of market demand and hardship in securing material supplies saw many required to halt their business operation temporarily, reduce their number of workers, or even shut down permanently.
Tackling Covid waste
Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/09/2021
» The Ministry of Public Health will start delivering 8.5 million Covid antigen test kits (ATKs) to the public on Wednesday. It's the first lot ATKs and the government expects to buy more in the months to come.
High-rise rule would be wind of change for city
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 26/06/2021
» Earlier this month, there was good news in terms of public safety and the urban environment. It was reported that the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (Onep) was going to enforce a more stringent environmental impact assessment (EIA) rule for high-rise building developers.
Working dream becomes a nightmare
Oped, Paskorn Jumlongrach, Published on 28/05/2020
» Surin Pimpa and Sa-nguan Khunsong, now in their 60s, have spent most of their lives on a production line at Capital Rayon, a textile company based in Nakhon Pathom. Together, with fellow workers, they have produced countless socks for the company.