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Food security, digitalisation, and Free Trade Agreement in Asia Pacific (FTAAP) will top the agenda when Thailand hosts a meeting of Apec Ministers Responsible for Trade later this month.

The value of Thai exports under free trade agreement (FTA) privileges last year rose by 31.40 per cent to US$76.312 billion, the highest privilege utilisation, the Foreign Trade Department said on Thursday.

South Korea and Britain have agreed to launch talks this year to upgrade their free trade deal in a move to deepen ties in digital trade and other new issues, Seoul's trade ministry said Tuesday.

Asean, Australia and New Zealand are to upgrade their free trade agreement by 2022, while Asean Economic Ministers (AEM) in consultations with India have resolved to increase the free trade in goods and provide increased inter-market access in hopes of creating a market of more than 2 billion consumers.

Asean countries and South Korea agreed to improve their free trade agreement during the recent 18th Asean-Korea Economic Ministers Consultation held virtually from September 13 to 15, Vice Commerce Minister Sansern Samalapa said on Sunday.

Thailand will seek a free-trade agreement (FTA) with Russia and four of its neighbours during a meeting with the Eurasian Economic Commission later this month.

Hong Kong and Asean have agreed to expand bilateral trade under their free-trade and investment agreements, the Thai Commerce Ministry revealed on Tuesday.

The Department of Trade Negotiations (DTN) said on Monday that Thailand is reevaluating the pros and cons of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) free trade agreement after China signed the pact last week.

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has not affected Thailand’s free trade agreements (FTAs) or the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), the Department of Foreign Trade (DFT) said on Thursday.

Thailand is expected to complete discussions on a free trade agreement (FTA) with Pakistan within this year.

Thailand’s Trade Negotiations Department on Monday revealed progress in talks over an Asean-Canada free trade agreement (FTA) that is expected to boost Thai GDP by 255 billion baht.

Forging a free-trade agreement with Hong Kong would bring significant benefits for the Thai service sector, Thai trade negotiators said on Thursday.