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Thailand 'highly likely' to decide to join TPP - deputy prime minister


    TOKYO (Reuters) - Thailand is "highly likely" to decide to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal (TPP), Thai deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said on Friday.

    "Thailand is highly interested in joining TPP ...," he told a news conference in Tokyo through an interpreter. "Chances are high that Thailand will seek to join TPP."

    The trade agreement currently has 12 members.

    (Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Editing by Miral Fahmy)