17/08/2009
Writer: PHUSADEE ARUNMAS
Bangkok Post
Thailand is lobbying US investors in Southeast Asia to convince Washington to move the country off the Priority Watch List.
Commerce Minister Porntiva Nakasai told the US-Asean Business Council yesterday Thailand should be removed from the PWL because it was serious about tackling intellectual property violations.
Thailand has set up a committee chaired by the prime minister to oversee policies to promote intellectual property rights, she said.
The US has kept Thailand on the PWL for its violations of intellectual property rights such as the lively trade in bootleg music and films which takes place in tourist centres.
Mrs Porntiva said US investors were interested in Thailand, especially the telecommunications sector and express delivery service industry.
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