Thailand calls for speeding-up free-trade talks with India
By PTI

BANGKOK: Thailand has called for speeding up free-trade talks with India , saying the key details of the long-awaited pact should be settled first, leaving minor contentious issues for later discussions.

Commerce minister Apiradi Tantraporn, who held talks with India's ambassador to Thailand Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi yesterday, said, "The Thai side first wants to settle key details of the long-awaited free-trade pact, leaving minor contentious issues for later discussion."

She said both the countries have agreed to accelerate the completion of the Thai-India FTA after implementing the Early Harvest Programme back in 2004 covering 82 items.

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When ever you trade in surplus is a good thing for that particular country,

as has the trade with India been, for Thailand,

leaving minor contentious issues for latter discussion,

either means they can blow up into major issues,

or due dillagence is going to be over looked and it will come back

to bite them on the bum, in the future,

Who"s then trade balance will suffer ?

x ing your T's and dotting your

Speed up talks involving two of the biggest feet dragging bureaucracies there is !

India producing cheaper cost goods than Thailand now a days, especially mobiles, electrical and electronics. Probably exporting Thailand Agricultural products, Automobile spare parts are good for the Thai economy.

The connectivity between the ports are really great. One day if Thailand and India connects via Railway through Burma, all three can benefit from long run, also fight against Chinese goods flooding in the region.

Speed up the process,leave minor details til later.

Mmm sounds like someone's panicking to me.

When ever you trade in surplus is a good thing for that particular country,

as has the trade with India been, for Thailand,

leaving minor contentious issues for latter discussion,

either means they can blow up into major issues,

or due dillagence is going to be over looked and it will come back

to bite them on the bum, in the future,

Who"s then trade balance will suffer ?

x ing your T's and dotting your

Does democracy enter into the discussions at all??