Thailand ready to set up ASEAN joint working committee
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BANGKOK: -- Thailand will follow the ASEAN joint agreement establishing a joint working committee after implementation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2016, said Commerce Minister Gen Chatchai Sarikulya on Wednesday.

Gen Chatchai told some 300 leading businessmen from Asian countries attending a two-day meeting on ‘Insights ASEAN Summit 2014’ in Bangkok that combined trade between ASEAN member countries and Thailand last year totaled over US$101 billion.

Thailand’s exports to ASEAN amounted 25.9 per cent of the total.

During the first seven months of this year, Thailand exported goods to ASEAN valued at more than $57 billion, he said, adding that the kingdom is prepared to follow the ASEAN agreement, in particular the plan to establish a joint working committee after 31 December 2015 to meet the needs of people wishing for peace in the region as well as wanting cooperation with countries outside the region.

Meanwhile, Surin Pitsuwan, a former ASEAN secretary-general, told participants that a challenge for Thailand which would gain from the AEC is the small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) amounting to over two million.

Only a few Thai SMEs have had the courage to invest abroad to date, said Mr Surin, adding that Thailand also needs to speed up increasing per capita income to over $10,000 from the current average of only $7,000.

The meeting ends tomorrow. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2014-09-17

Rough road ahead!

undoubtedly the neighbours will want to ruin a good party, but then Thailand seems to attract undesirables like flies to a load of S!!t , Thailand in itself is no goody two shoes always having a shot at some neighbour, come to think of it, this is the first time for ages that peace on Cambodia's or Burma's border for sometime, what the gist of this is you ask , Thailand is always fighting with its neighbours , one wonders how long this clicky little ASEA friendship will last.

Anyone think there will be an influx of new residents from the ASEAN countries living in Thailand? The Thai government has spent millions in advertising regarding to the ASEAN community and integration, for some reason I don't see such a big impact.

undoubtedly the neighbours will want to ruin a good party, but then Thailand seems to attract undesirables like flies to a load of S!!t , Thailand in itself is no goody two shoes always having a shot at some neighbour, come to think of it, this is the first time for ages that peace on Cambodia's or Burma's border for sometime, what the gist of this is you ask , Thailand is always fighting with its neighbours , one wonders how long this clicky little ASEA friendship will last.

A short time bar fine possibly ?

Not that i know what that is exactly, only going on stories from others.

undoubtedly the neighbours will want to ruin a good party, but then Thailand seems to attract undesirables like flies to a load of S!!t , Thailand in itself is no goody two shoes always having a shot at some neighbour, come to think of it, this is the first time for ages that peace on Cambodia's or Burma's border for sometime, what the gist of this is you ask , Thailand is always fighting with its neighbours , one wonders how long this clicky little ASEA friendship will last.

Negativity personified.