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The US and Thailand started negotiations on a comprehensive bilateral free trade agreement in June 2004.

Like other recent bilateral free trade agreements with the US, the US-Thailand FTA will cover investment, services, government procurement, intellectual property, as well as agriculture. Many expect it to be modeled on the US-Singapore FTA.

The negotiations have attracted strong opposition and concern among many Thai social movements, farmers to people with HIV/AIDS. A broad civil society coalition, FTA Watch, was formed at the outset to closely monitor the process from a public interest perspective. (Likewise, business interests set up their own US-Thai FTA Coalition.) Under the banner of "sovereignty not for sale!", key issues of popular concern include access to medicine, GMOs in agriculture and patents on life.

The last round of talks took place in Chiang Mai in January 2006 with 10,000 people protesting in the streets and disrupting the meeting. Negotiations have not resumed since.

last update: May 2012

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  • 19-Nov-2012 Les Echos Cette nuit en Asie : Obama pousse au libre-échange
    Barack Obama entame une tournée asiatique qui doit lui permettre d’aborder la mise en place, dans la zone pacifique, d’un nouveau grand accord de libre-échange.
  • 8-Dec-2010 Drug patents remain a major FTA battleground
    Drug patent restrictions by the United States and the European Union in trade negotiations with emerging countries will harm the Thai pharmaceutical industry and affect local patients, say researchers.
  • 10-Mar-2010 Bangkok Post Trade pact with the US ’depends on Thailand’
    "There is no question that President Obama’s efforts to at least start talking to a few countries in Asia about a free trade agreement are the right step. Whether Thailand is ready to engage with the US in a free trade discussion is really a question for the Thais themselves," says the president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand.
  • 24-Sep-2009 Xinhua Thai PM says not sure when Thai-US FTA talks to resume
    It is not yet clear when talks over the free trade agreement (FTA) between Thailand and the US will resume, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said from the US on Wednesday
  • 7-Feb-2009 Prensa Latina Tailandia y Estados Unidos reactivarán negociaciones para TLC
    Tailandia y Estados Unidos reactivarán las negociaciones para un tratado de libre comercio (TLC), luego de tres años sin abordar el tema, confirmaron hoy medios regionales de comunicación.
  • 5-Feb-2009 The Nation FTA talks with the US to be revived
    Thailand and the United States will resume free-trade agreement talks after a three-year suspension of negotiations, as concerns over slumping economic growth affect the two nations’ overall trading prospects.
  • 5-Feb-2009 Xinhua Un officiel thaïlandais prévoit la reprise possible des négociations d’ALE américano-thaïlandaises
    Les Etats-Unis et la Thaïlande pourraient reprendre les négociations sur l’Accord de libre- échange (ALE) après une suspension de trois ans, alors que des inquiétudes sur la baisse de la croissance économique affectent les perspectives commerciales des deux pays.
  • 6-Nov-2008 Terra Empresarios tailandeses temen más proteccionismo en EEUU tras victoria Obama
    Los empresarios tailandeses temen que la llegada de Barack Obama a la Casa Blanca fomente el proteccionismo en Estados Unidos y suponga el retraso de la firma de tratados de libre comercio (TLC) con otras naciones como Tailandia, como medida para atajar la crisis financiera.
  • 30-Jul-2008 IPS IPR violations high on Bush visit agenda
    Bush’s farewell visit to Thailand next week stirs up discussions of the proposed US-Thailand FTA
  • 24-Jun-2008 Thompson Financial Thailand, US to resume free trade talks - official
    Thailand plans to resume free trade talks with the United States, which were put on hold after a military coup in 2006, a Thai government spokesperson said today.
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