Overview

• Anutin Charnvirakul presented his policy agenda to parliament with a focus on quick cost-of-living relief and a tourism boost as growth slows under a strong baht and new U.S. tariffs.
• The government will assist individuals with debt up to 100,000 baht and provide liquidity lines of up to 1 million baht for small businesses.
• A 47 billion baht co-payment program will subsidize up to 60% of selected food and consumer goods for eligible citizens.
• He reaffirmed a pledge to dissolve the House by January 31 under a four-month agreement with the People’s Party, with elections planned for March or April.
• He outlined a diplomatic approach to the Cambodia border crisis and said he would seek a referendum on the current border memorandum while backing a vote to elect a charter-drafting assembly.