Thailand’s Board of Investment (BOI) last week approved the framework of its new investment promotion strategy for the next five years, which will focus on entering the new economy era.

More than seven in 10 (74 per cent) of business professionals are optimistic that the global system of trade can be restored, though only in the long term, according to the findings of Bloomberg’s latest “New Economy” global survey of 2,000 business professionals in 20 markets.