An ambitious and far-reaching government stimulus package announced in late 2015 is targeting a return to the robust economic growth seen in the years following the Asian financial crisis. The government is encouraging lending across a host of segments and demographics, including small businesses and startups, an agricultural industry beset by...
As is known, our countries have a special relationship. In two years’ time, we will mark the 120th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties. Our economic cooperation has, in effect, never been interrupted. In recent years, trade turnover, despite the crisis and global economic problems, has grown, reaching $4bn in 2014 by our...
What steps can be taken to ensure that current EU-ASEAN free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations do not end in another impasse?
In line with the trend of regional currencies, the baht’s recent movement has been largely influenced by external factors. Any imminent signals of the US Federal Reserve’s initial interest rate hikes or worse-than-expected data coming out of China would prompt capital outflows from emerging markets, thereby weighing down their currency values...
Pacific Rim trade is slated to surge in the coming years as negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the world’s largest free trade agreement (FTA), move forward. At present there are 12 signatories to the agreement, including Thailand’s largest export market, the US.
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