On August 10, Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce Suphajee Suthumpun chaired a meeting formalizing four working groups under the Trade & Services Engine subcommittee of the Joint Public and Private Sector Committee for Economic Problem Solving (JPPCC). The groups cover agriculture and food security, the creative and visitor economy, the community economy and SMEs, and international trade. Their chairs are aiming to submit initial results by year-end under the JPPCC’s six-to-twelve-month “Quick Big Win” window, ahead of a longer two-to-four-year phase.
Deputy Prime Minister Suphajee detailed the agriculture group’s mandate at an August 19 briefing: an “Agricultural Revolution” spanning upstream to downstream reform, aimed at Thailand’s 7.7 million farming households, who make up 29.3% of households nationwide but generate just 8.8% of gross domestic product (GDP). While Thai exports grew 17% in the first half of 2026, Deputy Prime Minister Suphajee stated that the agricultural and processed agricultural share of growth needs to rise, not just the total export volume.
Ekniti Nitithanprapas, the current Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Thailand, previously ran an earlier wave of Quick Big Win working groups. In January, Deputy Prime Minister Ekniti stated that those groups had completed 99% of their initial projects, just within three months of their inception. However, Deputy Prime Minister Suphajee faces a significantly more difficult environment than Deputy Prime Minister Ekniti did, characterized by a lack of trust in the current government according to the April NIDA poll Despite its 292-seat majority, the government is navigating political uncertainty linked to a Senate collusion case involving 229 individuals, with an Election Commission ruling expected August 31. With parliament set to reconvene later this month, the planned working group will be expected to deliver early results amid a fluid political environment.
