Thai government signed with Chinese government an
agreement on accelerating tariff elimination under the Early
Harvest programme over a two-year period, and to be continued
afterward. Although “earlier harvest” of CAFTA has caused
some problems to the farmers of both sides, the Thai government
is still firmly committed to the deal. It has formed a joint
working group with China to survey the problems and obstacles
in importing and exporting agro-products of the two countries.
Thai Minister of Agriculture and Cooperation signed with
China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision a
memorandum of understanding (MOU) in November 2009 with
an aim to provide more opportunities for traders in the two
countries to market their farm products
. The expansion of free