Talks on a free-trade agreement between Thailand and the European Union (Thai-EU FTA) are set to kick off next week, to finalise the deal within a two-year timeframe. The Department of Trade Negotiations, under the Thai Commerce Ministry, is spearheading the negotiations.
Auramon Supthaweethum, the department’s director-general, revealed that a team from various state agencies is being prepped for the first negotiation round in Brussels, Belgium, scheduled for September 18-22. She mentioned that this round would feature the head of delegation-level meetings and 19 expert-level subcommittee discussions.
The comprehensive subcommittees cover a wide range of areas including trade in goods, rules of origin, customs procedures, trade facilitation, trade remedies, sanitary measures, technical barriers to trade, services and investment trade, digital…
