Deputy commerce minister to visit Russia to boost trade

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Deputy commerce minister to visit Russia to boost trade
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BANGKOK, Nov 24 -- Deputy Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn will visit Russia for a trade meeting with an objective to double the annual value of bilateral trade to US$10 billion in two years.

Ms Apiradi said she and industrial, investment, tourism and agricultural representatives will visit Russia Wednesday and Thursday to attend the 2nd meeting of the Russian-Thai committee on trade and economic cooperation.

The Thai delegation will discuss more exports to Russia, including rice, frozen fresh chicken and fishery products.

Chicken export packing plants have been certified while the process for fish packing plant certification has been slow, she said.

In the meeting, the Thai representatives will also push for further bilateral cooperation in trade and investment including cooperation on banking, gems, jewelry, research, development and the production of aircraft and aircraft parts.

In addition, she plans to offer attractive promotional privileges to invite Russia to invest in the rubber industry in Songkhla province.

Ms Apiradi said that Thailand and Russia agreed to double the value of their mutual trade to US$10 billion in 2016.

From 2009 to 2013, trade amounted to only US$4.33 billion annually on average. In the first nine months of this year, trade amounted to US$3.83 billion, rising 10.3 per cent year-on-year. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2014-11-24

[bangrak]

Thank you Ms Apiradi, a clear, concise and realistic press release, no impossible dreams, no promises impossible to fulfil! I don't know exactly about your background, but you might have a brilliant future ahead of you, whenever real values and common sense do ever prevail in this country's decision making that is.

What a breath of fresh air, compared to the recent cataract of empty feel-good proud, and empty, rhetoric, punctuated by loud drums and trumpets...

And what a difference with the two catastrophic years when another female official, fallen onto the highest seat, proved to be an empty vessel having only her looks for herself, unable to make sense when she couldn't avoid 'expressing' herself, shaming the reputation of the country during her, too, many visits to foreign countries.

When this is your personal style, and your knowledge of English (possibly other languages) is not to be assumed of from some bought Kentucky degree only, I am sure the, this time Russian, officials you will have conversations with will be delighted to speak about real business with you.

Just maybe try not to come back with some 'MoU', as the collection of 'MoU's 'the other lady' used to bring back as (her only) trophies from, expensive, trips abroad have the bad reputation not to be worth the paper they were written on...

Edited November 24, 2014 by bangrak

[useronthenet]

Typical, whilst most of the civilised world is turning it's back on Russia, and hitting it hard with sanctions, Thailand on-the-other-hand, is going in the opposite direction. Nice to see where the country's loyalties lie, right in their pocket ! Are there no limits to how low this country can stoop?

Edited November 24, 2014 by useronthenet

[bangrak]

Typical, whilst most of the civilised world is turning it's back on Russia, and hitting it hard with sanctions, Thailand on-the-other-hand, is going in the opposite direction. Nice to see where the country's loyalties lie, right in their pocket ! Are there no limits to how low this country can stoop?

Actually, Thailand is attempting to stand up again... When you want to look at how low it could stoop, just start looking further back from a good six months ago...

As for Russia, on an ethical point of view, you are IMO right, but are you believing f.i. the EU is, really, truly, turning its back to Russia, with all the business it's having there and vice-versa, ...and winter is coming, most of Western Europe would freeze to death without the Russian gas, stupid from the EU, OK, but d'you think the EU will care about ethics when (bad, horrible man) Putin would start reducing the gas exports...? So why should Thailand have to give the example? Why does any democratic country do any business with China? Not worse than Russia...?

[useronthenet]

Typical, whilst most of the civilised world is turning it's back on Russia, and hitting it hard with sanctions, Thailand on-the-other-hand, is going in the opposite direction. Nice to see where the country's loyalties lie, right in their pocket ! Are there no limits to how low this country can stoop?

Actually, Thailand is attempting to stand up again... When you want to look at how low it could stoop, just start looking further back from a good six months ago...

As for Russia, on an ethical point of view, you are IMO right, but are you believing f.i. the EU is, really, truly, turning its back to Russia, with all the business it's having there and vice-versa, ...and winter is coming, most of Western Europe would freeze to death without the Russian gas, stupid from the EU, OK, but d'you think the EU will care about ethics when (bad, horrible man) Putin would start reducing the gas exports...? So why should Thailand have to give the example? Why does any democratic country do any business with China? Not worse than Russia...?

I'm sure Norway could step in to fill the gap, they have enough reserves.

But your right about EU trading with China, that should be stopped since this does breach all ethical codes.

[surangw]

good plan now that the ruble is taking a dump

[rickirs]

Myabe the Junta can barter rice and pork for Russian submarines. But then it would have to rebuild its submarine simulators, especially for abandoning ship.

[rickirs]

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Typical, whilst most of the civilised world is turning it's back on Russia, and hitting it hard with sanctions, Thailand on-the-other-hand, is going in the opposite direction. Nice to see where the country's loyalties lie, right in their pocket ! Are there no limits to how low this country can stoop?

Actually, Thailand is attempting to stand up again... When you want to look at how low it could stoop, just start looking further back from a good six months ago...

As for Russia, on an ethical point of view, you are IMO right, but are you believing f.i. the EU is, really, truly, turning its back to Russia, with all the business it's having there and vice-versa, ...and winter is coming, most of Western Europe would freeze to death without the Russian gas, stupid from the EU, OK, but d'you think the EU will care about ethics when (bad, horrible man) Putin would start reducing the gas exports...? So why should Thailand have to give the example? Why does any democratic country do any business with China? Not worse than Russia...?

Most of Europe has 6 months LNG storage to take it through the winter without Russian gas if necessary. However, Eastern European countries bordering Russia are most vulnerable as having little or no storage. Does Russia really want to punish Eastern European countries that could reinforce their isolation from Russia? Also consider that further sanctions can follow a cutoff of gas. Russia's economy is commodity based, ie., natural resources, and much of its domestic consumption comes from Europe and Western ally countries. So it's not a one-way street for Russian economic blackmail. I'd also think that having suffered through two world wars and the Cold War, Western Europe will have the fortitude to accept sacifices to resist pressure from Russia.

[wabothai]

Good for relationship with the west. But who cares if money is to be made.

RUTHLESS !!!

[Don Aleman]

Fool, they are not that dumb and prefer potatoes over rice, particularly old/spoiled/infested rice !

That being said, stay here where, soon, if not already, there will be more Russians then in Russia .

[Fred Flinstone]

Thats a great partnership and one that seems very suited and full of promise and hope.

I hope Thailand improves its situation by this partnership.

Putin like the Thai PM is a very popular figure and happiness is bound to be double by this venture.