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More Chinese manufacturers are looking to Thailand as a production base to avoid US tariffs, based on trends in demand for industrial estates.WHA Corp, the top Thai provider of such estates, said it expects Chinese companies to account for as much as half of its ...

Thai exports dropped 4 per cent in August, representing a loss of US$21.9 billion, largely as a result of imports being front-loaded to avoid US tariffs coming into effect on September 1, the Commerce Ministry reported on Friday.Keep reading ...

As multilateral trade negotiations have become unworkable, regional and bilateral alternatives are on the rise. In Thailand’s neighbourhood, the most consequential of these trade vehicles is the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). Keep reading ...

Mongkol Sukcharoenkana, president of the National Fisheries Association of Thailand, has suggested three ways to effectively keep trash out of the sea, which he believes will require people to form networks.Keep reading ...

Phimchanok Vonkorpon, director general of the Commerce Ministry’s Trade Policy and Strategy Office, has launched a project in which data will be collected on rice, palm oil, rubber, cassava and corn production in the country.Keep reading ...

Thailand and China on Thursday agreed to work together to boost ties in all areas.The agreement was announced after a meeting between Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Song Tao, head of China’s International Liaison Department, at Government House on Thursday.Keep reading ...

Mongkol Sukcharoenkhana, the president of the Fisheries of Thailand Association, on Thursday, told Thansettakij online news that Thailand has penalised his industry with heavier fines for fisheries violations than other nearby countries have imposed on their fisheries sector after receiving a “yellow card” from the ...

After more than two decades, the region is well on its way to achieving its vision of a transboundary haze-free ASEAN by 2020.In three months’ time, the haze will be a distant memory thanks to the effective work of the regional body and its member ...

For almost five decades now, Thailand has been a victim of the middle-income trap. From the 1970s to the 2000s, the country was ranked by the World Bank as lower-middle-income, advancing to upper-middle status in 2011. Considering the ongoing political uncertainty and weak governance institutions, ...

The Energy Policy Administration Committee (Epac) has agreed to reduce a levy collection from gasoline and diesel users by another one baht and 60 satang per litre respectively from Wednesday.The levy reduction is part of urgent measures to tackle a short-term price hike in global ...