Thailand: regional prospective and Italian trade-economic relations.

Abstract

Thailand has been recognised a one of the most vibrant economy in the Southeast Asia region and it has benefited from significant foreign direct investment from European Nations, including Italy. The thesis will be divided in two main parts. In the first one will be analysed the area in which the country is located in different prospects: geographic, historic and economic. A tangled network of historic and geographic reasons have contributed to create the complex region known as Southeast Asia. The first chapter will be, indeed, dedicated to explain the geography of the region focusing on important elements like the hydrography and the orography since they have a deep connection with the society and the economy of the Area. The Second Chapter will described the regional organization which became an important geo-strategic asset in the international diplomacy and in the global economic cooperation: the ASEAN. Primarily, we give an insight of the ten member states economies, with their main strengths, weakness and potential. Furthermore, we analyze the structure of the ASEAN in term of Social-Political and Economic collaboration, the main benefits and impact for the countries and then what place the organization have in the international chessboard. The second part of the project will focus deeply on the Thailand present economic situation and the bilateral economic and trade with the EU and Italy. Finally, in the last chapter we will cover the architecture of the International systems’ institutions that assist promotion of Italy abroad. The section will include the analysis of the work of the Thai-Italian Chamber of Commerce and business internationalisation cases which I personally followed.