2021-11-22t131323z_1_lynxmpehal0n3_rtroptp_3_thailand-economy-gdp
BANGKOK, Nov 23 (Reuters): Thailand aims to join talks on membership of a trans-Pacific free-trade agreement, a government official said on Monday (Nov 22), despite opposition from some politicians and business groups over fears the pact could harm farm and healthcare businesses.
The South-East Asian country has long expressed interest in joining the 11-member Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), seeing it as way of boosting the economy, and making sectors such as electronics and agriculture more competitive against rivals such as Vietnam and Malaysia, both CPTPP members.
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