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Will Trump bankrupt the US entirely?
Judging by your post about economics / Trump good luck with those businesses 🤣 Just another vapid whinge about Trump. You don't like the guy. Never EVER anything remotely positive to say about the good he's doing especially for small business. You're so biased your opinion so subjective as to be worthless. You spent some time on Koh Samui and now you're done. Just leave us in peace PS think you were vaxxer too 👍 -
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Report Thailand Tightens Grip on Retirement Visas Amid Wealth Shift
Can't blame them for trying reduce the riff-raff. -
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Can this happen here....?
What are you on about? Why not bring them to Thailand? -
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Will Trump bankrupt the US entirely?
How have your companies been negatively affected? -
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Report Thailand Tightens Grip on Retirement Visas Amid Wealth Shift
This opinion piece is odd. The op-ed is about retirement visas. But the above reference to LTR is vague - there are several LTR's introduced in recent years. This paragraph seems to mix and match them. For example, an LTR for 'wealthy pensioners' doesn't require proof of USD 1 million in assets (unless I'm mistaken), but at least one of the other non-retirement LTRs does. And BOI told me the 80k USD must be 12 consecutive months in total before an application can be made for "WP"- not 2 years of 80k a year. -
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Will Trump bankrupt the US entirely?
So many American businesses are being negatively affected by these inane tariff policies. “At this point, no one can be certain whether today’s court ruling constitutes a reprieve; we will need to wait for the Supreme Court's response after hearing the appeal on Friday," said Nathan Washburn, partner of Massanois Fine Wine & Craft Spirits in New York. "We don’t see a short-term conclusion to the tariff issue based on what we know today. The primary challenge posed by tariffs is the cash payments required by US Customs at the port of entry," Washburn told Wine-Searcher. "For instance, if you order a container of wine for €100,000 and face a 10 percent tariff payment at the port before the wine arrives at your warehouse, you must sell the container, collect the funds, and cover all your normal operating expenses, including payment to the supplier, while also absorbing the upfront tariff cost as either a price increase or margin decrease. "We are part of a national supply chain that supports a broader ecosystem of over 8000 importers and wholesalers, more than 350,000 restaurants, and over 50,000 retailers across the country," Washburn said. "Tariff-driven price increases, margin reductions, and tightening cash flow contribute to the challenges faced by these thousands of operators and their employees as they strive to grow their businesses in an environment where employment costs, food costs, and rents are already rising." The feeling of uncertainty was the same on both sides of the Atlantic. "We still have to see what will happen definitively," Libero Rillo, owner of Fontanavecchia in Campania, Italy, told Wine-Searcher. "In a moment of global uncertainty, tariffs are an additional burden for a sector already under pressure. People have less money, more fear of spending, and consumption is slowing down. In this context, tariffs only worsened an already critical situation. "That said, the damage has already been done: ever since the announcement of the tariffs, the market reacted with a devaluation of the dollar, and today, regardless of court rulings, that effect remains. In practical terms, buying from Italy currently costs around 10 percent more, and that affects the entire supply chain. Of course, we hope for stability and a rebalancing of the markets. But we need clear, long-term decisions – not steps forward followed by steps back." Erica Nonni, who owns a marketing company that represents several foreign wine regions and producers, said the US has already lost business because of the uncertainty. The US Wine Trade Alliance says that for every dollar a US company spends on a European wine, US companies including importers, retailers and restaurateurs get $4.52. https://www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/05/tariff-chaos-bites-for-us-importers
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