The Commerce Ministry has pledged to explore opportunities to expand the market for Thai products in Laos, leveraging the benefits offered by existing free-trade agreements (FTAs), after it found Thai entrepreneurs have shown a growing interest in exporting fruit to China via the China-Laos railway route.
According to Auramon Supthaweethum, director-general of the Trade Negotiations Department, exports of tropical fruit from Thailand to China have continuously increased following the opening of the China-Laos railway service in…