Participants at the ACMECS summit will also discuss regional cooperation to bridge development gaps, measures to increase competitiveness, and the development of infrastructure for regional connectivity in order to bring the countries in the Mekong basin closer together for Asean Economic Community’s launch in 2015, Chutintorn said.
Established in 2003, the ACMECS covers cooperation among five countries in mainland Southeast Asia in the sectors of infrastructure development, trade and investment, industry, public health, tourism, agriculture and human resource development. The summit next week in Laos will endorse an action plan for 2013-2015.
AEC BAD FOR THAI FARMERS, WORKERS: NGOS
Poor farmers and unskilled labourers would feel a negative impact and no benefits from the 2015 launch of the Asean Economic Community (AEC), a forum of non-governmental organisations said yesterday.
Thailand was set to open its borders to almost all farming products from Asean members, meaning its major products such as rice would no longer be competitive, said Witoon Lianchamroon, director of BioThai.
Thailand’s standing as a regional powerhouse in rice production was misunderstood, he said. Under the AEC, Thai farmers would get hurt in the long run as their production costs were increasing while yield was reducing, he said.
Participants at the ACMECS summit will also discuss regional cooperation to bridge development gaps, measures to increase competitiveness, and the development of infrastructure for regional connectivity in order to bring the countries in the Mekong basin closer together for Asean Economic Community’s launch in 2015, Chutintorn said.
Established in 2003, the ACMECS covers cooperation among five countries in mainland Southeast Asia in the sectors of infrastructure development, trade and investment, industry, public health, tourism, agriculture and human resource development. The summit next week in Laos will endorse an action plan for 2013-2015.
AEC BAD FOR THAI FARMERS, WORKERS: NGOS
Poor farmers and unskilled labourers would feel a negative impact and no benefits from the 2015 launch of the Asean Economic Community (AEC), a forum of non-governmental organisations said yesterday.
Thailand was set to open its borders to almost all farming products from Asean members, meaning its major products such as rice would no longer be competitive, said Witoon Lianchamroon, director of BioThai.
Thailand’s standing as a regional powerhouse in rice production was misunderstood, he said. Under the AEC, Thai farmers would get hurt in the long run as their production costs were increasing while yield was reducing, he said.
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