Thailand to support farmers, entrepreneurs in tapping RCEP potential

Thai farmers harvesting rice at a field in Nakhon Pathom province near Bangkok. Thailand exported agricultural products worth US$25.2 billion to 16 RCEP member countries in 2019. - AFP

BANGKOK (Xinhua): Thailand's Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday (July 28) that it will begin to train farmers and entrepreneurs on how to tap into the benefits of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) this year.

"We will need to quickly train our farmers and entrepreneurs before the RCEP agreement is signed by member nations in November in Vietnam," said Auramon Supthaweethum, director-general of the Ministry's Department of Trade Negotiations.