British Embassy hold inaugural conference to courts Thai investors

The conference comes a week after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted British Foreign Secretary David Cameron. Among the topics discussed was the launch of a Thai-UK Free Trade Agreement, which would build on the pre-existing enhanced trade partnership (ETP)

“The UK-Thailand relationship is one we care about deeply, and which genuinely matters,” said Martin Kent, Trade Commissioner for Asia-Pacific. “The UK government is working hard to forge new trading relationships, to drive investment, to make doing business easier.”

Lord Dominic Johnson, Minister of State for Investment, also gave a keynote address, touching on further bilateral investment and the UK’s potential as a renewable energy source through its wind farms.

“There is no more important act, no more human endeavour, than allocating capital to the highest point of return,” said Johnson. “The UK…