The Kingdom of Thailand is a leader and
an active contributor in developing a regional
economic community (Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand, 2011).
There has been an active focus on a range of
areas of connectivity such as trade and
investment (tariff elimination and reduction),
transportation and supply chain (infrastructure
investment and development) and on
compliance, coordination and cooperation
(AEC Blueprint compliance) (Royal Thai
Government, 2012).