Thailand/Australia FTA

AFTINET submission to the Implementation Agenda for the Strategic Economic Cooperation Arrangement (SECA) between Australia and Thailand

May 8, 2023: The Implementation Agenda for the Strategic Economic Cooperation Arrangement (SECA) between Australia and Thailand (SECA) will sit alongside the existing Thai - Australia FTA agreed in 2005, which is not being reviewed. Instead the strategy will develop new areas of cooperation for expanding trade and investment.

Thailand/Australia Free Trade Agreement

The Thailand/Australia Free Trade Agreement came into effect on January 1st 2005 and covers most trade in goods, services and investment.

In June 2004, AFTINET submitted the following submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties which was examining the Thailand/Australia Free Trade Agreement. The submission outlined AFTINET's concerns about the agreement's impacts on both countries.

AFTINET Submission to JSCOT June 2004.