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Viewing cable 09BANGKOK661, SPECIAL 301 OUT-OF-CYCLE REVIEW FOR THAILAND

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09BANGKOK661 2009-03-16 10:22 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Bangkok
VZCZCXRO0355
OO RUEHCHI RUEHCN RUEHDT RUEHHM
DE RUEHBK #0661 0751022
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 161022Z MAR 09
FM AMEMBASSY BANGKOK
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6410
INFO RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE
RUEAWJA/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEHZS/ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS IMMEDIATE
RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING IMMEDIATE 6852
RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA IMMEDIATE 9512
RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL IMMEDIATE 5341
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO IMMEDIATE 1460
RUEHCHI/AMCONSUL CHIANG MAI IMMEDIATE 6312
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE
UNCLAS BANGKOK 000661 
 
STATE FOR EAP/MLS, EEB/TPP/IPE 
STATE PASS TO USTR FOR GROVES, BAE, WEISEL AND BISBEE 
COMMERCE FOR EAP/MAC/OKSA 
COMMERCE PASS TO USPTO 
SINGAPORE FOR FINATT BAKER 
TREASURY FOR SCHUN AND MNUGENT 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958:N/A 
TAGS: ECON ETRD KIPR TH
SUBJECT: SPECIAL 301 OUT-OF-CYCLE REVIEW FOR THAILAND 
 
REF: A. BANGKOK 529 (SPECIAL 301 SUBMISSION) 
B. BANGKOK 379 (RIGHT MOVES ON IPR) 
C. STATE 8410 (SPECIAL 301 PROCESS) 
 
FROM THE AMBASSADOR 
 
1. (SBU) I believe that a Special 301 out-of-cycle review (OCR) 
provides the best opportunity to work with the new Thai government 
to improve IPR protection sufficiently to move Thailand from the 
Priority Watch List to the Watch List.  As noted in ref a, we 
believe that the annual review due in April should place Thailand 
again on the Priority Watch List, but an OCR is needed to give the 
new government the backing needed to continue to improve the IPR 
environment here.  Otherwise, an important opportunity may be lost. 
 
2. (SBU) No one knows better than this embassy the frustrations 
encountered over the years trying to make meaningful progress in 
respect for IPR.  Thailand has yet to fully shake off the idea that 
a country at its level of development "cannot afford" real IPR 
protection.  We have worked with the Thai over the years to create a 
legal and regulatory regime that provides a framework, including the 
creation of a specialized IPR court, for dealing with IPR 
violations, only to have IPR judges predominantly dole out 
punishments so light that they do not serve as an effective 
deterrent.   Numerous capacity-building training programs have been 
supported to develop technical expertise among concerned Thai 
officials, only to have their best intentions mitigated by other 
bureaucratic actors with different agendas.   In the past two to 
three years, IPR violators have become more sophisticated, as 
political turmoil, lingering corruption, and a bevy of competing 
priorities have resulted in a deteriorating IPR situation despite 
significant capabilities.  Thailand today has the capacity to be 
managing an IPR regime at least at the Watch List level.  What has 
been lacking is political will. 
 
3. (SBU) The current government, led by Prime Minister Abhisit 
Vejjajiva, came to power at the end of 2008 and differs markedly 
from its several immediate predecessors.  For the first time in 
recent memory, the political leadership has taken a keen and public 
stance on IPR.  One of the handful of top Democrat Party leaders, 
Alongkorn Ponlaboot, has taken direct control of IPR matters. 
Almost immediately, the Abhisit government reached out to foreign 
business communities to promise improvements in the investment 
climate, including IPR enforcement.  As delineated in reftels, this 
government has, among other things, created a national IPR committee 
chaired by the Prime Minister, closed facilities making pirated 
goods, and announced a list of over 40 police officers guilty of 
IPR-related corruption.  All told, the actions being taken by the 
Abhisit Government will lead to a meaningful improvement in respect 
for IPR -- if they can be sustained.   The government itself is a 
fragile coalition, and the Democrat Party that leads it is counting 
on mounting accomplishments to garner public support sufficient to 
prevent political opportunists from seeking to bring it down. 
Making progress with the United States in the Special 301 process 
review is among the accomplishments it seeks. 
 
4. (SBU) It is not our intention to give credit where it is not due. 
 Thailand's IPR enforcement is still not where it should be, hence 
our recommendation that it remain on the Priority Watch List for 
now.  However, we need to capitalize on the political will being 
demonstrated by the new government to move Thailand forward.  Simply 
keeping Thailand on the PWL with no OCR would indicate to political 
skeptics that the new government's IPR initiatives were for naught. 
Promise of an interim review, perhaps in late summer, would send the 
message that the Abhisit government did the right thing in choosing 
to promote respect for IPR and demonstrate that the United States is 
a partner with which the Thai government can work.  There is no 
obligation to upgrade Thailand to the Watch List as a result of the 
review; that will depend on Thailand's continuing to take meaningful 
action in IPR enforcement.  But it is prudent to take advantage of 
this opportunity. 
 
JOHN