Services Negotiation in JTEPA and RCEP

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Services Negotiation in JTEPA and RCEP Mr. Krisda Piampongsant Advisor at The Board of Trade of Thailand

Unit: No. of firms and (%) Ranking Expectation for implementation of the items under consideration by the RCEP Manufacturing Non-manufacturing Total 1 Improvement of various systems (Transparency of customs clearance, relaxation of issue of work permits/visa, etc.) 142 (63) 72 (47) 214 (56) 2 High level of liberalization in terms of item numbers and trade volume 102 (45) 42 (27) 144 (38) 3 Relaxation or elimination of non-tariff barriers 73 (32) 48 (31) 121 (32) 4 Standardization of the certificate of origin in 16 countries 75 (33) 45 (29) 120 (31) 5 Introduction of user-friendly rules of origin 32 (14) 71 (46) 103 (27) 6 Relaxation or elimination of the barriers for foreign ownership 79 (35) 22 (14) 101 (27) 7 Participation by all the relevant countries, including ASEAN and Japan, China, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand 56 (25) 32 (21 88 (23) 8 Relaxation or elimination of investment restrictions 43 (19) 34 (22) 77 (20) 9 Relaxation or elimination of service trade barriers 27 (12) 42 (27) 69 (18) 10 Improvement of intellectual property rights 29 (13) 8 (5) 37 (10) 11 Accumulation of added value resulting from the rules of origin 10 (6) 12 Economic and technical cooperation for reducing any development gap among member countries 8 (4) 6 (4) 14 (4) - Other 0 (0) 5 (3) 5 (1) 693 437 1130 No. of firms 227 154 381 (100)

The expectation for implementation of the AEC Unit: No. of firms and (%) Ranking The expectation for implementation of the AEC Manufacturing Non-manufacturing Total 1 Simplified customs clearance (United customs declaration and introduction of a single window system for import and export) 135 (59) 80 (50) 215 (56) 2 Elimination of import tariffs in CLMV 116 (51) 75 (47) 191 (49) 3 Uniformity of interpretation and management concerning the rules of origin 88 (39) 32 (20) 120 (31) 4 Avoidance of double taxation and correction of uneven withholding tax rates 58 (25) 39 97 5 Free movement of skilled labor 60 (26) 35 (22) 95 6 Infrastructure development in the CLMV 46 (29) 92 (24) 7 Reduction of non-tariff barriers (license requirements and mandatory standards) 48 (21) 37 (23) 85 8 Introduction of standardization, certification and labeling system standards for the ASEAN nations 49 84 9 Relaxation of foreign ownership control in the service sector (ASEAN corporations at most 70%) 14 (6) 54 (34) 68 (18) 10 Establishment of an environment for fair competition in the region 38 (17) 29 67 11 Further deregulation of capital transfers 23 (10) 62 (16) 12 Deregulation of investment by ASEAN corporations in manufacturing, mining, agriculture and foresty industries 18 (11) 55 (14) 13 Improvement of intellectual property rights-related system’ik   25 (9) Harmonization of policies within the region (e.g. fair competition, consumer protection) (8) 26 (7) - Others (1) (3) (2) 752 550 1,302 No. of firms 228 159 387 (100)

JTEPA Japan–Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement It was signed on April 3, 2007 in Tokyo, Japan by the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe and the visiting Prime Minister of Thailand, Surayud Chulanont.

Review of JTEPA services Conform to Japan’s commitment in WTO more than 70 sectors Additional commitments in HR Construction Real Estates Business Advertisement Mauy Thai Thai music Thai restaurant Interpretation Rentals of Logistics Equipment Accounting

Review of JTEPA services Conform to Thailand’s commitment in WTO 14 sectors Additional commitments Electronic and Electricity Equipment Repairs Retails and Wholesales Licensed Medical Doctors Consultation International Schools Restaurants, Hotels, Engineer, Computer

RCEP Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (ASEAN+6) More than 3 billion people ; 10.7 Trillion USD (29%) RCEP negotiations were formally launched in November 2012 at the ASEAN Summit in Cambodia. To be finalized by the end of 2015. (57% Thai Export) Trade in goods, Trade in services, investment, economic and technical cooperation, intellectual property, competition, dispute settlement and other issues.

Key Impending Issues Services - Liberalization Modality [Early Harvest] Request – Offer Coverage Positive List [Developing Countries] Negative List [Developed Countries] Hybryd List [Transparency]

Key Impending Issues Investment : Liberalization Modality [Early Harvest] Other issues : BOI, Promotion, Service, Liberalization, Manufacturing-Related Services SMEs Business Facilitation Trade and Investment Facilitation

Cooperation CLMV trade facilitation training program at border trade. Thai and CLMV SME’s capacity building program. Transfer of technology for Thai + CLMV SME’s investment at special economic zones.

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