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Posted inUnited Kingdom, World

Brexit alarm bells ring in the UK and Asia

by Jonathan Gorvett January 29, 2019February 18, 2020

With the date of the UK’s exit from the European Union now looming large – and with no negotiated leaving deal in sight – Asian businesses and UK-based commentators are growing increasingly concerned about their future. “We are absolutely worried about the whole situation,” Taha Coburn Kutay, Chair of the UK-Asian Business Council, told Asia […]

Robots welding in a car factory. Photo: iStock
Posted inBeijing, China, European Union, Germany, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Trump’s trade war with China: There’s a much better way

by Marshall Auerback July 21, 2018
Migrant workers pass the Thai-Myanmar border in an official service truck as they left Thailand from Mae Sot, Tak province in northern Thailand. Photo: AFP/Ye Aung PHOTO / Ye Aung Thu
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

Labor pains squeeze fast aging Thailand

by Peter Janssen November 1, 2017February 18, 2020

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