The Chamber of Commerce reiterates that the green economy will support Thailand’s growth, while Deputy Prime Minister Pichai is ready to support the private sector in all dimensions.
Mr. Pichai Naripthaphan, Minister of Commerce, said during the ‘2024 Thai Chamber of Commerce Seminar’ under the concept of ‘Connect Competitive Sustainable’ that the Ministry of Commerce has 10 policies to align with the urgent policies of the government under the leadership of Ms. Paethongtarn Shinawatra, consisting of 1) Reduce expenses, increase income, expand opportunities by focusing on reducing people’s cost of living, increasing income through career creation, and accelerating the expansion of opportunities by introducing innovative technologies. 2) Manage to create a balance between farmers, entrepreneurs, and consumers.
3) Proactively work between provincial commerce and commercial diplomats to maximize efficiency in selling Thai products abroad. 4) Amend and improve outdated laws, with the government focusing on reg
ulatory guillotines, reducing old laws that are obstacles to doing business, and solving new problems, especially those related to controlling online products. 5) Jointly drive policies to stimulate the grassroots economy, with one of the government’s successes being improving the status of grassroots people, while entrepreneurs and people with high purchasing power can grow together.
6) Push for more export growth. In the first 7 months of 2024, Thai exports grew by an average of 3.8% and it is believed that in the future, they will grow even more. 7) Accelerate negotiations and promote the utilization of FTAs. 8) Take Thai businessmen abroad. The Ministry of Commerce is responsible for supporting Thai entrepreneurs to be able to open new markets. 9) Modernize export structures to find new S Curves. The current government focuses on supporting new businesses such as PCBs (electronic circuit boards). 10) Promote environmentally friendly Thai products, which are related to global product manufacturing standar
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Mr. Sanan Angubolkul, Chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade of Thailand, revealed that he emphasized the importance of building a strong cooperation network, acting as a bridge between the public and private sectors both domestically and internationally. Currently, there are more than 155,000 members and networks nationwide. The Board of Trade also emphasizes the issue of ‘Sustainable’ or sustainability. The event uses environmentally friendly Name Tags, or it can be called a new innovation that can be used to grow vegetables. In addition, Electronic Documents are used instead of paper as much as possible. Management of food, both excess food and leftover food, including management of the event venue. From the initial calculation of the Carbon Footprint that can be avoided from organizing the event, such as reducing the use of paper, plastic bottles, travel, etc., totals more than 5,200 kilograms of carbon, equivalent to planting 319 trees.
Mr. Athip Pichanon, Chairman of the Commi
ttee for Promotion and Development of Trade Associations, Board of Trade of Thailand, said that he had listened to the perspectives of experts in the economic sector, both in Thailand and abroad, in order to prepare for the rapidly changing economic situation. The Board of Trade places great importance on driving trade associations because they will be another force supporting the country’s economic drive to be strong. At the same time, the Department of Business Development, which is the main government agency with a direct mission in developing the potential of trade associations, will also be informed of the private sector’s ideas in order to consider solving problems and obstacles related to the business sector.
Source: Thai News Agency