Courtesy Dialogue with Ministry of Commerce, Trade Policy and Strategic Office
on December 9, 2015 at Dusit Thani Hotel


 

The EABC Advocacy team in collaboration with JFCCT ICT working group hosted a meeting with Trade Policy and Strategy Office, Ministry of Commerce to discuss services sector development in Thailand. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Bob Fox, JFCCT/EABC ICT working Chair, attendees from the Ministry of Commerce led by Ms. Pimchanok Vonkhorporn, Deputy Director General of the Trade Policy and Strategy Office.

The discussion covered a wide range of issues, namely, importance and roles of services sector, concept of services sector liberalization, under-developed services areas, cloud services, e-commerce, Foreign Business Act (FBA), BOI investment scheme. The ICT WG members urged for the revision of law/regulation as well as related frameworks to better serve the liberalization of services sector in Thailand. Further dialogue is anticipated.

(In photo: Ms. Pimchanok Vonkhorporn, Deputy Director General of the Trade Policy and Strategy Office led government officers from Ministry of Commerce to attend a meeting with JFCCT/EABC ICT WG chaired by Mr. Bob Fox, EABC ICT Vice Chair)