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Thailand and Africa Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra embarked on another overseas mission in her determination to promote Thai products and improve bilateral trade and investment, this time in Africa where her delegation visited Mozambique, Tanzania, and Uganda from 28 July to 2 August 2013. The Prime Minister was accompanied by a delegation from Thai governmental agencies, including the Thailand Board of Investment, and a group of business people engaged in the fields of energy, food, construction, and tourism. Read more...

World Auto Leader Thailand's automotive industry was born in 1961 with the assembly of semi-knock-down units imported from the United Kingdom. Now, just more than half a century later, the country has achieved its goal set several years ago to become one of the world's top-10 auto manufacturing countries by producing 2.45 million units in 2012. Read more...

NESDB Economic Outlook In its recent Economic Outlook, Thai Economic Performance in Q2 and Outlook for 2013, the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) reports that the global economy continues to recover at a modest pace, with stronger recovery in the United States, an improvement in Japan's economy and an end of recession in the Eurozone. Despite this, the slower rate of recovery and the adjustments being made to China's economy will continue to hamper global economic growth in 2013. Global economic expansion for the year, according to NESDB, will be at a rate of 3.3 percent, lower than the expected rate of 3.6 percent. Thailand's economic growth rate for the year is expected within the range of 3.8 and 4.3 percent, according to NESDB. Read more...

ASEAN Business Outlook For the past ten years, the ASEAN Business Outlook Survey has been the key barometer of U.S. business sentiment in Southeast Asia. Corporate executives from both American and foreign enterprises depend on the study's timely and reliable analysis on regional business trends. Similarly, government leaders, academics, and NGO officials across ASEAN continue to rely on the survey to understand better the opportunities and challenges that exist for American companies across the region. Read more...

Global Trend in Thailand's Favor Two recent reports measuring confidence around the globe point to a brighter outlook among Thailand's main export markets. The Nielsen Global Survey of Consumer Confidence, polling more than 29,000 online consumers in 58 countries, reports a one-point increase in global consumer confidence in Q2 2013 from the previous quarter. Read more...

Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2013 The Asian Development Bank has released Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2013, which is now the 44th edition of this series, presenting the latest statistics on development issues facing the region. Read more...

JCCB Survey The Japanese Chamber of Commerce in Bangkok (JCCB) conducted a Survey of Business Sentiment by Japanese Corporations in Thailand, measuring Japanese joint-venture companies' forecasts of economic trends during the first half of 2013. Read more...

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