PM not surprised Thailand is on PWL
By: BangkokPost.com
Published: 2/05/2009 at 05:34 PM

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said it is not beyond his expectation that Washington has maintained Thailand on its Priority Watch List as Thailand has not effectively dealt with intellectual property rights violations.

He said that the assessment of the status on Thailand was made over a short period of time.

However, the prime minister said that the government would work harder to persuade Washington to upgrade Thailand's status.

There is still no need to issue new intellectual property laws as the current ones still work, he continued.