Business

Feature: Sole tangerine orchard in unlikely environment

By Out-crowd WINAI RATSAIKAEW had driven a cargo trailer truck for a living for many years until he called it quits four years ago to become a farmer in Phang-nga. It never dawned on him that his tangerine orchard would be the only one in town. The young man and his family members – none

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Analysis

Analysis: President Biden’s daunting foreign policy challenges

By Amitav Acharya, Distinguished Professor, American University, Washington, DC. THERE is little question that the Biden administration will focus first and foremost on domestic challenges, especially the economic downturn and the Covid-19 pandemic. But four years of Donald Trump have also severely damaged US standing and credibility globally. In particular, the Trump years severely undercut

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