Pavida Pananond is Professor of International Business Strategy at Thammasat Business School, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand.
As the U.S. and China engage in a trade conflict and COVID-19 sharply depresses economic growth, Thailand should be coveting a regional trade agreement like the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. It would be a reasonable lifeline to freer trade and investment for economic expansion.
