ISDS Case Map
Thailand
Further integration into Asean (the Association of South-east Asian Nations) is top of the agenda of ministers in all 10 member countries, and is impacting upon their trade and investment policies. This stems from two important steps: the signing of a charter last November to give more structure to Asean decision-making and the intention to establish a regional free trade zone by 2015.
"People today have fewer and fewer choices to eat garlic grown in Thailand, and this significantly affects food's taste. One third of all garlic available here is no longer grown in Thailand but imported - a lot of it from China," a study on the impact of the Thailand-China FTA said.
The four-day Thailand Exhibition 2008 began at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel yesterday with Bangkok renewing its proposal for bilateral FTA with Dhaka for boosting the two-way trade.
A partial free trade agreement (FTA) between Thailand and China has led to a decline in Thailand's garlic output by 22 per cent in three years, a study revealed Sunday.
The Australian government will negotiate for greater opening of Thailand's services sector this year under the Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement
Thai business leaders are urging the new government to press forward with bilateral free trade negotiations with the United States, aiming to receive more preferential treatment than rival countries.
Thailand has concluded free trade talks with South Korea under the Asean-Korea free trade agreement (AKFTA) after almost a year of negotiations. Under the deal, Thailand will be given more flexibility in cutting and/or waiving its tariffs compared to other Asean nations.
Key political parties yesterday pledged to review free trade agreements (FTA) with Japan and other countries. Representatives of the Democrat and Matchimathipataya parties agreed that the FTA with Japan, formally the Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement (JTEPA), should be reviewed.
The much-hyped free trade area (FTA) negotiations between Thailand and India seem to be stalling, as the latter's focus has shifted toward the much-bigger Asean-India FTA, a leading Thai negotiator says
Taiwan expressed concerns on Monday over the possible impact on the country resulting from its exclusion from Thailand's free trade agreement (FTA) network.
