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Govt seeks Europe trade pact

The Commerce Ministry is gearing up to negotiate the Thai-European Union Free Trade Agreement following pressure from the private sector for the pact to come into force in 2015.

Negotiations over the Thai-EU FTA are expected to begin officially in January, Pitak Udomwichaiwat, director of the Ministry's Trade Preference Bureau, said yesterday.

He said the private sector had been hoping the Thai-EU FTA would come into effect by January 2015, when the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) privileges for Thai exports to the EU is scheduled to expire.

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    Discussion 1 : 23 Nov 2012 at 13.561

    All EU countries have to abide with the same law in that they cannot import or export at there individual will.If Thailand wants to play with the big boys it needs to put its own restrictive practices in order first.Abide by the human rights act,pay a living wage and may be even abide by the same rules on fishing.

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