Caught in the middle of a trade war between the US and China, Thailand is becoming a new manufacturing base for Chinese companies, especially in technology. Meanwhile, Thai SMEs are facing an influx of cheaper Chinese goods, leading to concerns that Thailand will face a worsening trade deficit with China and will not be able to compete in the world market.

<p>President Trump has just been to China.</p> <p>Just before he arrived, the trial of Taiwanese NGO worker Lee Ming-cheh was streamed online from Yueyang City Intermediate People’s Court in Hunan province. Lee had been arrested on 19 March when he crossed the border from Macau.&nbsp; He then disappeared into the gulag that is the Chinese judicial system. He had not been seen for 6 months before his trial for “subverting state power” under a new Foreign NGO Management Law.</p>

<div> <div>In the long run, Donald Trump’s protectionist policies may put an end to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, resulting in what could be a huge drop in Thai exports, says Thailand’s Commerce Minister.</div> </div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/a.000.jpg" style="width: 640px; height: 377px;" /></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <div>On 9 November 2016, Apiradi Tantraporn, Thailand’s Minister of Commerce, congratulated the new US President-elect Donald J. Trump on his victory. </div></div>

<div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <div>Thai police arrested a woman protester for showing support for the US in front of the US Embassy in Bangkok on 4 July, Independence Day.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The police detained Chaowanat Musikabhumi, aka “Nong,” at the Crime Suppressiong Division without charges.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>When she was interrogated by the military and security officers at the Thai Army Club, the military officers told her that by holding a placard reading “Long Live USA Day,” she may have violated Article 112 of the Criminal Code or the lèse majesté law that the placard </div></div>

<p>The US has developed a project which can emit electromagnetic waves into the atmosphere to be reflected back to the earth to cause &lsquo;natural disasters&rsquo; at targeted areas, as a new kind of weapon to destroy enemies, said Panthep Puapongpan, spokesperson for the People&rsquo;s Alliance for Democracy in an ASTV-Manager television programme on 20 June.</p>

<p>The issue of race has reared its ugly head in the US once more; Americans should not be afraid now to talk about it openly</p>