Trade pact faces day of reckoning
Cabinet to mull report on whether to join CPTPP agreement, though critics say it must make out a strong case first
Tanee: Concerns remain
From time to time over the past few years, the government was asked whether it had secretly given the green light for Thailand to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
Once again last month, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai, chairman of the International Economic Policy Committee studying the kingdom's readiness, said the cabinet had not decided.
The committee would need another 50 days to study a report prepared by an ad hoc House committee and talk to various stakeholders, he said.
The new deadline passed on Thursday and the committee, which met on Tuesday, is preparing to...