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...Trade Secrets comes to you this week from Bangkok, where Thai authorities are finally easing lockdown restrictions and preparing to reopen the city to foreign visitors as soon as November 1....
...That is one factor behind Japan’s interest in new accessions to the trans-Pacific trade deal, the subject of today’s main piece....
...“The likes of Thai chicken curry with rice — I just want the rice. Moroccan lamb with couscous — I just want the couscous....
...The government of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha this week approved the establishment of a committee to discuss joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)...
...A trans woman led cheers of “Very good! Very brave! Thank you!” punctuating each phrase with claps as a girl nearby did expressive arm gestures and people laughed....
...A second wave of Covid-19 infections is delaying progress on a “Trans-Tasman travel bubble” between Australia and New Zealand....
...Japan will make a fresh attempt to expand the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact to include more Asian economies, such as Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia and the Philippines, after the new coronavirus exposed...
...The loss of the China trade has hit south-east Asian economies particularly hard, as tourist groups pull out, Chinese suppliers halt deliveries to manufacturers and imports of everything from Thai and Malaysian...
...Mr Pesole added that the report “downplayed” the issue of Chinese goods being trans-shipped via Vietnam to avoid US tariffs, suggesting “the US government has little appetite to further disrupt the Asian...
...The next government may also seek to open talks on joining the trans-Pacific trade grouping, the CPTPP....
...A $310m plant in Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor opened in 2017 and can produce up to 100,000 cars annually for the Thai market....
...The country’s ecommerce market is estimated to have grown at a compound annual growth rate of 25 per cent between 2015 and 2018 and Tiki founder Tran Ngoc Thai Son says the company’s growth has far outstripped...
...Malaysians continued to ratchet down expectations for their new government while Thais turned cautious about the political environment in the run-up to a long overdue election, our latest read of regional...
...In a record-setting sell-off in December, a consortium led by Thailand’s Thai Beverage bid $4.8bn to acquire a controlling stake in Sabeco, the country’s largest brewer....
...Tran Ngoc Thai Son set up his ecommerce start-up in his parents’ bedroom in Ho Chi Minh City, and went live one Saturday morning in 2010....
...Details Tickets on the Trans-Siberian and Trans-Manchurian lines (and Lake Baikal tours) can be organised by Russia specialist MIR Corporation (mircorp.com)....
...“The Thai free trade deal was a one way agreement....
...Indonesian president Joko Widodo, Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte and Thai prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha have been staking their political fortunes on greater transportation investment, and Vietnam...
...Mr Duc was referring to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a comprehensive, 12-nation trade pact that would have given Vietnamese exports easy access to a vast market....
...Mr Obama vigorously pushed the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement with 11 countries in Asia-Pacific and the Americas, including Brunei, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam....
...Many economists believe Asean can help member states grow by enabling them to take advantage of free trade deals with China and also new and wider proposed arrangements, such as the US-led Trans-Pacific...
...Recent appointees include new president Tran Dai Quang, the former minister of public security, who replaces Truong Tan Sang....
...Foreigners were net buyers of Thai equities in 1Q16 for the first time since 4Q14, purchasing THB26bn ($737m) net....
...With my husband and two sons, we took the Trans-Siberian Express to Irkutsk, then hiked and camped along the Great Baikal Trail, a 55-km shore-side route linking Listvyanka to Bolshoye Goloustnoye....
...Consumer confidence remains weak as the Thai economy continues to underperform. 43 per cent of Thai respondents to our 3Q15 consumer poll rate the present state of the economy as "bad" while 17 per cent...
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