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Vai alla Scheda Paese »If you want to reach your goals and dreams, you cannot do it without discipline.
— Lee Kuan Yew
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EU eyes FTAs with Asean as a whole
The EU has expressed interest in pursuing a number of free trade agreements (FTAs) in the region, not only with Thailand but eventually with Asean as a whole, says EU-Asean Business Council Chairman Donald Kanak.
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MUFG Bank to invest ¥80 billion in ride-hailing service Grab
MUFG Bank will form a capital and business alliance with Singapore-based ride-hailing service Grab, with the view to collaborating on retail financial services, sources have ...
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Singapore budget gives S$6.4 billion boost to economy
SINGAPORE: Singapore unveiled a series of support packages in its budget Tuesday to help cushion the economy against the coronavirus outbreak and job risks.
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Singapore plans massive budget stimulus to counter virus threat
Singapore is set to deliver a strong budget this week to offset the damage to the economy from the coronavirus, with analysts predicting the biggest ...
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First foreign victim of coronavirus revealed as US citizen
British nationals at French ski resort diagnosed after contact with recent visitor to Singapore
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Singapore ‘falsehoods’ law shows risks of fake news fight
Nigeria and Thailand see city state as model but activists and news outlets push back
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KBank uses digital for Asean retail
Kasikornbank (KBank) looks set to use digital banking to make inroads into the regional retail market, tapping higher-yield business.
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PTT to vie with Central, CP for Tesco's Asia business: sources
HONG KONG/SINGAPORE: The retail unit of Thailand's biggest energy company PTT plans to bid for Tesco Plc's Asia businesses, competing with other corporate heavyweights for the operations worth up to 273 billion baht, people familiar with the situation said.
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Obtenção de superávit comercial não é objetivo, diz secretário
Depois de anunciar uma redução no saldo da balança comercial em 2019, o secretário de comércio exterior do Ministério da Economia, Lucas Ferraz, afirmou que o objetivo do governo federal não é aumentar esse saldo, mas ampliar a corrente total de comércio do país, que é a soma das importações com ...
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Grab and Singtel partner for Singapore digital banking licence
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Incontro bilaterale Min. Di Maio con omologo di Singapore, Vivian Balakrishnan
Il Ministro Luigi Di Maio ha incontrato oggi il Ministro degli Esteri di Singapore Balakrishnan alla Farnesina. In agenda dei colloqui i rapporti bilaterali, con un focus sulla cooperazione economica, la promozione degli investimenti e l’innovazione, la connettività eurasiatica e le relazioni tra...
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Official: Cajoling India priority for RCEP
Thailand is set to fully support all attempts to convince India to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), reiterating that the pact will be signed as scheduled at the Asean Summit in Vietnam next year.
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Singapore home sales surge in Nov amid apartment glut
SINGAPORE: Sales of private apartments in Singapore rebounded in November amid concerns a property glut could halt a nascent price recovery.
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Asean paves path towards better FTAs
Thailand looks poised to improve free trade agreements (FTAs) under the Asean framework next year, aiming to extend tariff cuts to cover more products, particularly sensitive items.
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Pathum Thani sets target to be Asean-wide food hub
Every province has its own unique selling point. Some, such as Kanchanaburi, Chiang Mai or Phuket, present themselves as prime tourist destinations, while others, such as Nong Khai, position themselves as border trade towns.
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It has become harder for the Asian tigers to prosper through exports
BONNIE TU IS laughing. She just discovered the crisp red “Make America Great Again” hat that a colleague left on her desk as a joke. The chairwoman of Giant, the world’s biggest bike manufacturer, is no fan of Donald Trump. His tariffs have messed with her supply chains and driven ...
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After half a century of success, the Asian tigers must reinvent themselves
THE FOUR Asian tigers—Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan—once fascinated the economic world. From the early 1960s until the 1990s, they regularly achieved double-digit growth. A generation that had toiled as farmers and labourers watched their grandchildren become some of the most educated people on the planet. The tigers ...
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Where do the Asian tiger economies go from here?
EVEN IN THEIR prime, the tigers had their detractors. Twenty-five years ago this month, Paul Krugman, an economist, wrote an article in Foreign Affairs, an American policy journal, entitled “The Myth of Asia’s Miracle”. He argued that Asia’s seemingly dynamic economies displayed, on closer inspection, “startlingly little evidence of improvements ...
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China competes with US for weapons sales to Thailand
SINGAPORE: When signing a vision statement with the US last month, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha quietly sat as Pentagon chief Mark Esper touted the commitment of an old ally at a time of “external coercion and intimidation” in Asia -- a clear reference to China.
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Japan promises Asean nations $3bn in development funding
TOKYO: Japan has promised US$3 billion in investment and loans to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to boost development in the fast-growing region, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Monday.
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ThaiBev to consider IPO of $10bn brewery business
Thai Beverage Plc is considering an initial public offering of its brewery business in what could be the biggest listing in Singapore in close to a decade, people with knowledge of the matter said.