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Japan Pledges Support for Thailand Joining Pacific Trade Pact

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (L) and Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha hold talks in Bangkok

BANGKOK (Kyodo) — Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi promised on Tuesday to help Thailand join a trans-Pacific free trade agreement at an early date.

“We would like to cooperate as much as possible” in ensuring Thailand’s entry into the revised Trans-Pacific Partnership, an 11-member FTA, Motegi told Thai counterpart Don Pramudwinai in a meeting in Bangkok.

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