By Thai Newsroom Reporters NEARLY 200 FORMER SENATORS have aired stern opposition to the ruling Pheu Thai’s disputable scheme to open casinos and legalise online gambling and insisted that the coalition government give it up now. Led by former Senate speakers Manoonkrit Roopkhachorn, Thiradej Meepian and Pornpet Wichitchonchai, the 189 former senior lawmakers today
Day: April 3, 2025
Collapsed building’s Chinese contractor, steel supplier linked to 37-company network
TWO Chinese companies involved in the construction of the State Audit building which collapsed during last Friday’s huge earthquake centred at Mandalay, Myanmar, with tremors felt across Thailand are part of a network of 37 companies with 26 problematic projects being linked to 14 of them, Amarin TV said this afternoon (April 3). Commerce
Read moreThai economist calls for setting up ‘war room’ to cope with Trump’s 36% tariff
A BANK of Thailand Monetary Policy Committee member suggested Thailand urgently set up a “war room” to cope with a raft of punishing tariffs US President Donald Trump announced earlier today (Apr.3) targeting countries around the world with Thailand hit with 36%, Naewna newspaper said. Dr. Santitarn Sathienthai, who is also an adviser on
Read moreAnalysis-Trump tariffs pile stress on ailing world economy
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News London/Tokyo –The latest round of US trade tariffs unveiled on Wednesday (Apr. 2) will sap yet more vigour from a world economy barely recovered from the post-pandemic inflation surge, weighed down by record debt and unnerved by geopolitical strife. Depending on how President Donald Trump and leaders of
Read moreTrump announces 10% tariff on all imports, with higher rates for some trading partners
By AFP and published by CNA Washington – US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (Apr. 2) unveiled a raft of punishing tariffs targeting countries around the world including some of its closest trading partners, in a move that risks sparking a ruinous trade war. Thailand has been hit with a 36 percent reciprocal tariff. Speaking
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