ISDS Case Map
Thailand
An ambitious free trade agreement (FTA) between India and Thailand may have been stalled indefinitely by the Sep. 19 military coup. The two countries were meant to renegotiate the FTA after elections in Thailand set for mid-October, but this process is now shrouded in uncertainty.
An extensive study by a Chulalongkorn University economy lecturer has established what could be complete picture of the extensive network of business empire of the Shinawatra family.
Thailand has assured New Zealand that trade talks are not in danger after last week's military coup.
Thailand's new NGO Network for Political and Social Reform says it wants the military-led Council for Democratic Reform under Constitutional Monarchy and the interim government to scrap free-trade agreements and the privatisation of state enterprises.
Tuesday's bloodless coup in Thailand has left a free-trade agreement negotiated between Tokyo and Bangkok up in the air, a senior Japanese official said Thursday as businesses waited for the dust to settle.
The impact of Thailand's coup on negotiations on a free trade agreement with the United States wasn't immediately clear, but Washington still hoped to secure a pact when democracy is restored, the top US trade official said on Wednesday.
Trade and investment will be an integral part of the Democrat Party's economic policies to convince the private sector of Thailand's sustainable development.
Thai exporters and importers have benefited from the free-trade agreements with Australia and India but reaped fewer benefits from Asean's FTA with China, according to a survey by the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI).
Australia will increase tariffs on canned tuna and canned pineapple from Thailand after the finding that they had exceeded quotas under the Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
The Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) has proposed that the government collect an adjustment fund from the beneficiaries of free-trade agreements in order to compensate those who suffer in the early stages of their implementation.
