Turbulent ThailandThailand's emerging trade hawks cloud TPP membership push
Cabinet reshuffle risks ousting officials promoting market opening
Thailand serves as a home to plants from several Japanese automakers that would benefit if the Southeast Asian country joined the TPP. © Reuters
YOHEI MURAMATSU, Nikkei staff writer
BANGKOK -- Thailand's prospective entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact could be in jeopardy if a looming cabinet reshuffle removes the country's economic czar and brings in an administration stacked with military-backed protectionists.