Thailand has asked the United States to remove the country from its trade watch list this year, a request made during bilateral talks on the sidelines of this year's Apec Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT) meeting in Bangkok.
Speaking after the two-way meeting with United States Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce Jurin Laksanawisit said on Friday the government cited the significant progress Thailand has made in strengthening the protection of intellectual property.
With the kingdom poised to become a member of the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT), it has urged Washington to review the country's status during an assessment this coming September, he said.
