Thai economy

Thailand eyes tax, trading curbs to limit ‘huge’ gold transactions as baht surges

Thailand’s currency is soaring as traders sell gold in US dollars in foreign markets and then swop the US currency for baht.

Thai government to allow citizens to partially convert losing lottery tickets to retirement savings

The new initiative will see a portion of the price of non-winning digital lottery tickets automatically channelled into a dedicated savings account.

Thailand’s next PM Anutin reaffirms promise to hold fresh polls

Thailand’s new Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul says, under his reign, “there will be no favouritism”.

Thailand to offer Trump no duties on 90% of US goods, adviser says

Bangkok’s third proposal would potentially eliminate tariffs and non-tariff barriers on about 10,000 US products.

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