ECONOMY / STRATEGIC DIRECTION
The government's economic plans rely too heavily on exports, instead of promoting both exports and domestic consumption as envisioned in the "dual-track" approach of deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Deputy Prime Minister Kosit Panpiemras has admitted.
TRADE / US FAST-TRACK AUTHORITY
More than 200 anti-globalisation NGOs have called for the US Congress not to extend President George W. Bush's fast-track authority to negotiate trade deals when the act expires in June.
