AutomobilesThai automakers applaud landmark ASEAN accord to ease test rules
Recertification by importers to be axed, reducing risk of non-tariff barriers
Toyota vehicles on a ship at Thailand's Laem Chabang Port. The automaker expects the new ASEAN accord to support the country's exports. (Photo by Nozomu Ogawa)
APORNRATH PHOONPHONGPHIPHAT and YOHEI MURAMATSU, Nikkei staff writers
September 15, 2020 15:48 JST
BANGKOK -- Thailand's automobile industry has welcomed a landmark accord by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that skirts testing regulations imposed by some importing nations, a move seen to benefit the largest automaking country in the region.