Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) is warning Thai exporters to brace for non-tariff barriers (NTBs), likely to be imposed by developed countries on their products, if Thailand fails to increase the proportion of renewable energy in its energy portfolio. FTI’s Renewable Energy Industry Club chairman Suvit Thoraninpanich said on Monday his club is alerting both policymakers […]
Read MoreToday, more than one billion people across Asia Pacific do not have access to formal financial services. Southeast Asia experiences particularly low levels of financial inclusion, with nearly three quarters of the population either ‘under-banked’, i.e. with limited access to financial services, or ‘unbanked’, i.e. completely excluded from the current financial services landscape. The Philippines […]
Read MoreBusinesses are forging symbiotic platforms to gain a piece of the Kingdom’s growing e-commerce sector, while challenging Facebook’s dominance in the industry. The Kingdom’s e-commerce sector generated $182 million last year and is projected to grow by 21.4 percent to reach $222 million this year, according to Statista, a German company that specialises in market […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – The move will ensure a fair and competitive environment for Vietnam’s sugar industry. Vietnam has slapped temporary anti-dumping and countervailing duties on sugar imported from Thailand, a move that will ensure a fair and competitive environment for Vietnam’s sugar industry, according to Nguyen Van Loc, General Secretary of the Vietnam Sugarcane and Sugar […]
Read More[MANILA] Philippine nickel output rose 3 per cent last year even as the Covid-19 pandemic hampered some projects, government data showed, but the Mines and Geosciences Bureau warned that the outlook for its minerals industry this year remained uncertain. Nickel output in the world’s biggest exporter of the material to top metal consumer China totalled […]
Read MoreThailand should have a clear-cut plan on a vaccine passport by June if plans to reopen the international market by the fourth quarter are kept, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Siripakorn Cheawsamoot, TAT deputy governor for Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas, said the government policy would have a tremendous […]
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