BANGKOK, 21 April 2014 — Thailand should develop its technology to better serve the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), scheduled to commence next year, Surin Pitsuwan, the former Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has advised.
He broadly discussed the AEC 6 and its economic and trade outlook, at the 2014 Trade Association Potentiality Development Seminar organized by the Department of Business Development (DBD).
He also mentioned that over two million Thai SMEs have to reach their full potential in line with the coming AEC. Thailand produces exports worth 350 billion baht and ASEAN accounts for 26% of the export market. The development of market logistics is therefore also very significant.
