Thailand may exit G22

 Thailand, which signed a framework free trade agreement with India last week, is likely to walk out of the alliance of developing countries that came together against the European Union (EU) and the US on international farm trade in Cancun. Some Latin American countries are also expected to desert the alliance along with Thailand.

 Commerce ministry officials said Costa Rica and Guatemala had left the alliance and more countries, including Thailand, could make an exit.

 The officials, however, added that the founder members like China, Brazil, Argentina and South Africa would continue to demand dismantling of trade distorting subsides extended by developed countries like the US and members of the EU.

 Officials said the US and EU had intensified pressure on many developing countries to opt out of the