Envoys urge rule reform

Five ambassadors from developed economies met at the US ambassador’s residence in Bangkok last week to call for Thailand to undergo regulatory reform, which should ease doing business, in addition to allowing fast-track access for essential business travel as the US thrashes out its political turmoil.

The meeting included ambassadors from the US, the UK, Germany, Japan and Australia, who called on Thailand to follow through with its regulatory guillotine to cut burdensome regulations and ease skilled foreign labour restrictions.

The Japanese ambassador called on Thailand to adopt fast-track entry procedures for business people that Japan has already established are from low-risk countries,…