»»Thailand, Japan Sign Trade Pact To Eliminate Tariffs on 90 Percent of Trade
Japan and Thailand signed a free-trade deal Tuesday that will eliminate tariffs on more than 90 percent of bilateral trade by value in 10 years from its enforcement.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet gave the go-ahead to sign the agreement with his army-installed counterpart Surayud Chulanont later Tuesday.
Surayud’s government approved the deal last week, hoping that the pact with Thailand’s largest investor will ease worries in the business community about protectionist policies since the military takeover. […]
Japan has historic political and economic ties with Thailand, with many Japanese firms using Bangkok as a regional hub.
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