BANGKOK -- Thailand has greenlighted a string of new foreign direct investment deals in medical equipment production as it seeks to broaden capital inflows, which have suffered the ravages of trade headwinds and competition from lower-wage neighbors.
The Board of Investment, a government agency that promotes foreign direct investment, said this week it has approved 12 ventures to produce medical masks, more than double the five mask-production factories currently operating in the country.
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