Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Anutin Charnvirakul stated that Thailand is accelerating three major strategies, with an emphasis on infrastructure development, finalizing the Thai-European Free Trade Agreement (FTA), and achieving membership of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

The Prime Minister on 16 July 2026 welcomed a business delegation, comprising executives and members of the EU-ASEAN Business Council, along with members of the European Chamber of Commerce in Thailand, as well as about 40 European multinational companies.

In his meeting with the delegation at Santi Maitri Building, Government House, the Prime Minister said that the Government aimed to upgrade Thailand’s transport and logistics systems and improve rules and regulations to facilitate investment through the “Thailand FastPass” program.

Thailand is also driving its goal to become a full member of OECD in order to elevate the country’s public-sector standards, promote transparency, and build investor confidence, he said.

The Prime Minister emphasized that Thailand intended to become a regional production and innovation base and accelerate the negotiations of the EU-Thailand FTA as soon as possible, so that Thai products would have greater access to the European market and Thai entrepreneurs would have more trade opportunities.

The group of European businesses voiced strong support for Thailand’s efforts to accelerate EU-Thailand FTA talks and its OECD accession, saying that Thailand had strong fundamentals as an investment destination — industrial capacity, regional connectivity, and a sizeable consumer market.

European businesses are keen to support Thailand’s industrial upgrading by bringing in the technologies, investment, and expertise needed to strengthen its position as a competitive, low-carbon production hub. They identified low-carbon manufacturing as key to helping Thailand move up the value chain and enhancing its competitiveness as a regional production hub, pointing to investment opportunities in energy-efficient production, cleaner industrial technologies, sustainable manufacturing processes, and technology transfer.