ID :
182119
Sat, 05/14/2011 - 14:41
Auther :

Thailand to join APEC MRT meeting in Montana

BANGKOK, May 14 (TNA) - Thailand will participate in the 17th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT) Meeting to be held in the US Montana State from May 19-20.

Thai Caretaker Deputy Commerce Minister Alongkorn Ponlaboot said on Saturday that Director-General of his ministry's Department of Trade Negotiations Srirat Ratthapana will lead the Thai delegation to attend the two-day regional forum, at which Thailand will propose three major issues, including the Regional Economic Integration (REI), Green Growth and Regulatory Cooperation and Convergence into practice.

Alongkorn noted that a three-day 2nd senior officials meeting, starting from May 16, will be held prior to the APEC-MRT meeting; while the first MRT-SME Ministerial meeting will be held after the end of the APEC MRT ministerial meeting, at which APEC member economies are expected to discuss, among other issues, trade barriers affecting regional small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and proposed solutions. (TNA)

X