Citi Urges Thailand to Speed Investment Push as 65% of Multinationals Rewire Supply Chains
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Updated · Bangkok Post · Aug 17
Citi Urges Thailand to Speed Investment Push as 65% of Multinationals Rewire Supply Chains
1 articles · Updated · Bangkok Post · Aug 17
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Thailand needs a sharper economic strategy, faster government procedures and steadier policy settings to win more global investment as companies relocate production, Citi said.
A late-2025 Citi survey of 710 large multinationals found 65% were actively diversifying supply chains; Thailand ranked second in the region at 17%, behind Vietnam's 25%.
Citi said Thailand should target scale, speed and stability—building depth in higher-value sectors such as autonomous software, bio-green products and medical tourism, where it already has about 60 internationally accredited hospitals.
The bank argued Thailand's neutrality, large international reserves and digital economy growth of 5%-7% a year are advantages, even as AI is expected to rewrite about 22% of jobs over five years.