Thai farmer Daeng Donsingha was already worried for her family of nine when rice prices in the world's second-largest exporter of the staple crashed this year after India resumed exports.

The stimulus measures should include soft loans to local exporters, subsidies for farmers and financial aid to Thai industries. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Businesses in Germany and Britain produced less this month amid worries about US President Donald Trump’s near-universal tariffs, in another sign that the global damage from his import levies is adding up.