EIC Export growth forecast for 2019 is maintained at -2.5%

Philippines Reignite Trade Dispute With Thailand

Philippines Reignite Trade Dispute With Thailand The Philippines has asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement body (DSB) to suspend the country’s concessions to Thailand for products such as motor vehicles exported to Manila. Thailand has continued to avoid compliance with the WTO ruling that it must align its unfair tax treatment on Philippine…

Poll shows flea markets, supermarkets, most popular with Thais as lockdown easing continues

Thailand eyes using Hainan’s free trade port potential

Thailand eyes using Hainan’s free trade port potential By 2025, the Chinese government intends to create an “international center for tourism and consumption” on Hainan HAIKOU, August 14. /TASS/. Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Thailand Association on Hainan, Yun Changliang, during a video conference with the participation of Deputy Bureau of International…

Thailand’s New Economic Team Takes Charge as Growth Sputters

Thailand’s New Economic Team Takes Charge as Growth Sputters (Bloomberg) — Former banker Predee Daochai was inaugurated as Thailand’s new finance minister in Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha’s revamped Cabinet that’s tasked to lead the country out of its worst-ever economic crisis amid mounting anti-government protests. King Maha Vajiralongkorn sworn in Predee and Supattanapong Punmeechaow, a…