Thailand wants to sign mini-free trade agreements (mini-FTAs) with the Chinese city of Shenzhen and the province of Yunnan in March and April, respectively, after the mini-FTA with Hainan resulted in a significant growth of Thai exports.
Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said that after discussions in Bangkok with Shen Danyang, the executive vice-governor of China’s Hainan province, Thailand urged Hainan to continue to support trade negotiations, seminars, and business matchings under the mini-FTA.
Thailand signed the mini-FTA with Hainan in August last year.
Under the partnership deal,…