THE sweeping tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump have been termed the end of globalisation and free trade. In fact, it marks the end of US leadership worldwide. If trust is the most important criteria of leadership, the US has clearly lost the trust of the vast majority of countries and the global
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Visiting Indian PM Modi and Thaksin hold talks on expanding ties
.INDIAN Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is currently in Thailand to attend the 6th Bimstec (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) summit today (Apr. 4) met former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday during which they had a long conversation on expanding Thai-Indian cooperation, Naewna newspaper said. In a post shared
Read moreNearly 200 ex-senators oppose Pheu Thai-designed casino, online gambling scheme
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
Read moreCollapsed 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
Read morePipe bomb thrown at armoured vehicle in Far South
INSURGENTS flung a pipe bomb at an armoured vehicle in the Far South province of Narathiwat at 9 p.m. today (April 2) but fortunately there were no casualties, Naewna newspaper quoted “Khao Baan Rao Chai Daen Tai” as saying. The pipe bomb hit the armoured vehicle from the 4th Infantry Regiment near Ban Mai
Read moreElection Commission pressed again to suspend Sawaeng over senatorial rigging scandals
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A GROUP OF PERSONS in reserve position for senators today (April 2) repeated their formal petition for the Election Commission to immediately suspend the polling agency’s secretary-general Sawaeng Boonmee from work, pending an in-depth probe into his duty-negligence charges pertaining to last year’s senatorial rigging scandals. The petitioners revisited the
Read moreDSI accepts building collapse as special case
THE Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has accepted the collapse of the unfinished 30-storey State Audit building during last Friday’s huge earthquake centred at Mandalay, Myanmar, with strong tremors felt across Thailand as a special case, TV Channel 7 said today (Apr. 2). Justice Minister Thavi Sodsong, who directly controls DSI and is known
Read moreThailand may see hit of up to $8 billion from US tariffs, says official
By Reuters and published by CNA THAILAND could suffer a $7 billion to $8 billion hit from potential US tariffs if the US administration were to even up levies between the two countries, but it has a strategy for trade negotiations, senior officials said today (Apr. 2). Thai semiconductor exports may face tariffs of
Read more23 Chiang Mai districts suffered quake damage
NORTHERN Chiang Mai city suffered damage from Friday’s massive earthquake centred at Mandalay, Myanmar, in 23 of its 25 districts but fortunately there were no deaths or injuries, Amarin TV said this evening (April 1). Mr. Dusit Phongsapipat, chief of Chiang Mai Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office, said inspection of 1,177 bridges and 15
Read moreQuake has short-term impact on economy: Julapun
DEPUTY Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat said today (April 1) while Friday’s earthquake at Mandalay, Myanmar, with severe tremors felt in Thailand is unlikely to affect the Thai economy in the medium- to long-term there will be an impact in the short term, especially the property market, TV Channel 7 said today (April 1). He
Read moreApril Fools’ Day: Owls fans’ novel revolt against Thai owner?
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SOME SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY fans are coming up with a novel task of telling Thai people in this country and elsewhere, either via conventional or social media, how devastatingly Dejpon Chansiri, the Thai owner of the Championship football club, has allegedly fared so far. Whilst Dejpon continues to take the helm
Read moreTest shows larger steel bars at collapsed building are substandard
A SIX-HOUR test of 28 steel samples collected from the rubble of the State Audit Building that collapsed during last Friday’s (March 28) earthquake centred at Mandalay, Myanmar, shows that the larger pieces were substandard, Amarin TV said late last night (March 31). The samples were collected by a team from the Industry Ministry
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