Excluded Businesses: The following business activities are excluded from protection under the Amity Treaty. In other words, the following businesses are restricted to Thai nationals and Americans are prohibited from owning or operating these businesses in the same manner that other non-Thai nationals are excluded from these businesses, notwithstanding the Amity Treaty.

	communications
	transportation
	fiduciary functions (the Thai text of the treaty translates "fiduciary functions" as "taking care of the property of others" and therefore sees businesses such as warehousing and guard services to be included in this category and are not granted protection with regards to this treaty).
	banking involving depository functions (interpreted to include the finance business)
	exploiting natural resources or land
	domestic trading in indigenous agricultural products
	the liberal professions

Entitled Persons:  The equal national treatment benefits under the Amity Treaty may be claimed by 

	American citizens
	Business entities established under Thai law which are majority American owned; or
	Business entities established under American law (the laws of a state, territory or district) which are majority American owned and managed.

 

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