Thailand hopes to cash in on demand for e-commerce in China amid virus outbreak


Thailand hopes to market its agricultural products in China via e-commerce during the Covid-19 virus outbreak. - Bloomberg

BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): Thailand's Trade Policy and Strategy Office (TPSO) says e-commerce and digital content are gaining ground in China amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.

Pimchanok Vonkorpon, TPSO’s director-general, said the trends of e-commerce and digital content were gathering momentum as Chinese people tended to stay home during the crisis

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