Aec Ecommerce Opportunities

What do I get from the special lecture about e-commerce under the regional and sub-regional integration?

I have gained a lot of knowledge from this class. I had known how important of infrastructure, the way to connect with other six countries in term of GMS and IMT-GT for the rest countries. And I have gain more understanding about ASEAN, their three pillars of AEC and how AEC become free flow of trades, services, labors and investments. ASEAN will play the important role to develop economic, quality of life of peoples and other things like the export product of Thailand has been increasing a lot since the establishment of AFTA. We have to understand it clearly and take the advantage of AEC.

What do you see as opportunities for e-commerce in ASEAN?

Nowadays, AEC has been reduced the tax within ASEAN to 0-5% already except for SL list product and it will be fully integration in year 2015. AEC will create the opportunity for everyone to do the business online especially for small SMEs. It will create more channels to contract with the customer and it would be easier to deliver the products with lower cost. This way will bring the competitive advantage to Thailand because Thailand will be the hub of transportation. Thailand is located in the central of ASEAN and it is easy to go every country directly from Thailand. Thais entrepreneur might be able to achieve lowest cost for shipping the product as possible. When we become ASEAN, the trade is not within one country anymore. It will be across countries in ASEAN. The market for doing e-commerce will be bigger, also for the customer. In order to be success in the e-commerce, you might be able to handle threat and change it become your opportunities.