JAPAN FTA: Cut steel tariffs or else, carmakers warn (Published on April 12,2005)
Thaksin hints at gradual approach on Japanese steel imports
Heads of Japan automobile and auto-part associations warned Thailand yesterday carmakers might pull out of Bt41 billion worth of planned investments here if it fails to cut tariffs on steel and vehicles under a bilateral trade agreement.
Speaking after meeting with Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Japan Automobile Association (JAMA) chairman Itaru Koeda said a gradual tariff cut didn make sense to Japan.
ome of the Bt41 billion is planned for after the FTA succeeds. But if Thai tariffs on Japanese auto parts and vehicles aren reduced to zero, some of them ... more
Toyota to boost pickup output capacity (Published on April 27,2005)
Toyota Motor Corp plans to invest Bt15 billion to build a new plant in Thailand tor raise pickup trucks output due to rising demand.
The new plant, to be located on the outskirts of Bangkok, should begin producing Hilux pickup trucks by early 2007 at 100,000 units production capacity a year, Toyota said. ... more
Office worker leaps to her death at BTS train station (Published on April 26,2005)
A woman jumped to her death from a Skytrain station yesterday morning, police said.
Nattaya Jaibanjong, 23, who worked as a secretary at a private company in the Sukhumvit area, removed her shoes and climbed onto a railing at the mass transit system?s Victory Monument station before jumping down to the road below, according to witnesses. ... more
Thailand\\\'s March imports & exports up (Published on April 25,2005)
Thailand\\\'s imports rose to a record US$10.67 billion in March, up 29.8 per cent year on year, while exports surged 20.3 to US$9.58 billion, according to preliminary data provided by the customs department Monday.
The customs-based trade deficit in March widened to US$1.09 billion from US$525 million in February.
Thailand\\\'s trade balance posted its biggest deficit in eight years in January, at US$1.48 billion, on a ... more
Thaksin hints at gradual approach on Japanese steel imports
Heads of Japan automobile and auto-part associations warned Thailand yesterday carmakers might pull out of Bt41 billion worth of planned investments here if it fails to cut tariffs on steel and vehicles under a bilateral trade agreement.
Speaking after meeting with Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Japan Automobile Association (JAMA) chairman Itaru Koeda said a gradual tariff cut didn make sense to Japan.
ome of the Bt41 billion is planned for after the FTA succeeds. But if Thai tariffs on Japanese auto parts and vehicles aren reduced to zero, some of them ... 
Toyota Motor Corp plans to invest Bt15 billion to build a new plant in Thailand tor raise pickup trucks output due to rising demand.
The new plant, to be located on the outskirts of Bangkok, should begin producing Hilux pickup trucks by early 2007 at 100,000 units production capacity a year, Toyota said. ... 
A woman jumped to her death from a Skytrain station yesterday morning, police said.
Nattaya Jaibanjong, 23, who worked as a secretary at a private company in the Sukhumvit area, removed her shoes and climbed onto a railing at the mass transit system?s Victory Monument station before jumping down to the road below, according to witnesses. ... 
Thailand\\\'s imports rose to a record US$10.67 billion in March, up 29.8 per cent year on year, while exports surged 20.3 to US$9.58 billion, according to preliminary data provided by the customs department Monday.
The customs-based trade deficit in March widened to US$1.09 billion from US$525 million in February.
Thailand\\\'s trade balance posted its biggest deficit in eight years in January, at US$1.48 billion, on a ... 
