Thailand's Strategy toward FTAs in the New Context of East Asian Economic Integration

Authors

  • Suthiphand Chirathivat Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Keywords:

Thailand, FTA, Integration

Abstract

It is over a few decades that an economic openness has beenthe main driving force behind Thailand’s economic progress. Thecountry has much benefited from the global trading system whichhas become more liberalized although recently has been facing withfurther difficulties for its future trade liberalization. Thailand has alsobeen able to strengthening economic linkages with its major andregional trading partners with trade and foreign direct investment(FDI) increase considerably since the second half of the 1980s, evenaccounting for the sluggish period around the 1997/98 financial crisis.

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Published

2007-08-01

How to Cite

Chirathivat, S. (2007). Thailand’s Strategy toward FTAs in the New Context of East Asian Economic Integration. SOUTHEAST ASIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS, 185–214. Retrieved from https://so05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/saje/article/view/100222

Issue

Chulalongkorn Journal of Economics, Vol. 19 No. 2 (May - August 2007)

Section

Original Articles

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