Commerce Minister Adisai canvassed the USTR (the United States Trade Representative) on the possibility of resuming joint research for an FTA between the US and Thailand (Nihon Keizai Shinbun 18 December 2001).
According to a Thai trade-related official, a representative of the USTR is to visit Bangkok to discuss this joint research group, although the official added that the two countries might not reach an agreement to establish a joint research group.