Thailand Just Bet Its Economic Future on Seven Industries and a 12-Year Deadline — Here’s What That Really Means

Thailand has spent more than three decades stuck in what economists call the “middle-income trap” — wealthy enough to have escaped poverty, but never quite rich enough to join the ranks of developed economies. Now the country’s most powerful business lobby is proposing what amounts to a national reinvention plan: seven targeted industries, a 35% … Read more

Thailand Just Fast-Tracked $10 Billion in Factories — And It’s Rewriting the Rules for Foreign Investors

A Government in a Hurry Governments love to promise investors that approvals will move faster. Thailand’s government just put a number on it — and the number is big enough to notice. On September 11, 2026, the board of Thailand’s Board of Investment (BOI) — the government agency that reviews, approves, and grants tax and … Read more