Thai-EU FTA talks to resume this year

Thai-EU free trade agreement (FTA) talks are expected to resume by the middle of this year, after the bloc late last year agreed to resume political contact “at all levels”, more than three years after suspending them to protest the 2014 military coup.

After meeting with EU Ambassador Pirkka Tapiola Monday, Commerce Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong said the two parties mutually agreed that Thailand and the EU should be able to start the negotiation’s process by the middle of the year.

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