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Steve Jobs explained to President Obama in 2011 why iphones could not be made in the US and nothing has changed. It is all about labour aptitude and attitude, rather than labour costs. Asians don't have the same aversion to repetitive work as in the western world with greater dexterity and efficiency.

It would be foolish to ignore a relationship between the tariffs, Ukraine and Greenland, a bigger plan in play. https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/JIPA/Display/Article/2820750/chinas-polar-silk-road-implications-for-the-arctic-region/

A lot smarter than you want to think. China has it's sights on the Artic Silk Road, Putin wants to put a stop to it and Trump wants to help his mate out. No guesses on who the major loser will be, but we will all suffer in one way or another along the road.

And elsewhere Now, EU and Chinese officials are holding talks over existing trade barriers and considering a full-fledged summit in China in July. https://theconversation.com/in-trade-war-with-the-us-china-holds-a-lot-more-cards-than-trump-may-think-in-fact-it-might-have-a-winning-hand-254173

I don't go to BKK very often maybe a couple of times a year, have never had a problem getting the senior fare even when alone. We went to VFS a couple of weeks ago for wife's visa and they wouldn't give the senior fare for me even with her buying the tickets. It's no big deal for me and people should bear in mind other countries are beginning to look at how much public money is being given to foreign nationals.

You are free to believe what you want. It would be helpful If you could tell the forum where they can get a visa that would allow an entry of 12 months.

" a U.S.-made iPhone could cost 25% more than they do now." Apologies, didn't realise that was what the US population want to come about.

One analyst estimates that on labor wages alone, a U.S.-made iPhone could cost 25% more than they do now. Another analyst pegged the price of a stars-and-stripes iPhone at $3,500. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/heres-how-much-a-made-in-the-usa-iphone-would-cost.html#:~:text=One analyst estimates that on,and-stripes iPhone at %243%2C500.

Thailand had a fraction of the deaths from covid compared to most western countries and you want to make an issue over masks. See where your priority lies.

If YouTube satisfies your desires, so be it.

There is no trust in perception, it is an individuals assessment. I don't see the need for the pontification over masks, it is another individual assessment. The Thai bashers want to make a mountain out of a molehill just for the sake of it and the covid skeptics don't want to admit that alot was learned from the outbreak.

Of course you have, visas don't disappear. A SE visa is annotated "used" the day you enter the country and will remain on your travel history for evermore. A ME visa would be annotated "used" on expiry. The form TM47 requires you put the last visa number used to enter the country. Of course you may well use an office that does not insist on the visa numbers.

It is all about perception, if you don't want to see it you won't.

There is a huge difference between a politician that has never been in office, and someone who has.

What do you mean "still" When I first came here in 1999 quite a number of Thais wore masks for various reasons, mainly pollution in the cities. Along came SARS and that added some more but covid really highlighted the benefits and some institutions have adopted it as a preferred policy rather than compulsory. I go back to the UK regularly, latest being Oct, and use the buses quite a lot. Generally speaking during the day there is about 20% of the passengers wearing masks, much lower when a higher percentage of younger people such as school kids and when the bars shut.

But surely the administration doesn't become the administration without support from the "lowly types". I would have thought that Jan 6th 2021 was a clear indication of what the US population was letting itself in for.

Nothing new for the US, always sticking their nose into other countries affairs. Didn't learn anything from Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan.

You cannot get a long term extension without having a visa. Short term extensions such as visa exempt wouldn't change your residence.

A fallacy, any loss in trade to the US can be made up in Asia. They are now talking to the EU, Trump's worst nightmare.

Trump likes to play cards but doesn't seem to realise he is playing against all the aces. Just look at the damage Japan did to the bond market and China holds a great deal more. At the end of the day the US needs China a great deal more than China needs the US.

The e-visa is on a central platform run by the MFA with applications then dealt with locally. There is every chance that the holiday will affect application times.

Someone once told me "believe nothing that you read and half of what you see". There are no health records involved, the form only points out that you should be aware of the vaccine requirements and asks where you have been in the last 2 weeks. Up to you what you say.

Never believe what a headline says, journalistic licence in pursuit of sensationalism.

You do not need to be an expert to ask for proof of compliance, conformity, validity etc etc. It is very unlikely immigration will get involved, but cannot be dismissed out of hand, after all there has been checks in the past. A Tax Clearance Certificate is a certificate issued by the Director-general of the Revenue Department or the Provincial Governor or the delegated authority to a foreigner who is departing Thailand to indicate that he has already paid taxes or that he has provided a guarantor or securities as guarantee for tax liabilities and tax payable. https://www.legal.co.th/resources/corporate-and-tax-advisory/thailand-tax-law/what-thai-tax-clearance-certificate/

I don't use land borders very often so can only go on what i actually know. You could have replied to this comment "It has been many years since the paper version was canceled,"