Comparison of the United States with Thailand

The United States is a federal republic. Each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia exercises a measure of internal self-government. Defense, foreign affairs, coinage, posts, the higher levels of justice, and internal security are the responsibility of the federal government. The President is head of the executive and is elected for a four-year term by a college of representatives elected directly from each state. The President appoints the other members of the executive, subject to the consent of the Senate. The Congress is the legislative body and consists of 100 members of the Senate and 435 members of the House of Representatives. Two senators are chosen by direct election in each state, to serve a six-year term, and one-third of the membership is renewable every two years. Representatives are elected directly by the people in each state for a term of two years. The number of representatives of each state in Congress is determined by the state's population. Ultimate judicial power is vested in the Supreme Court, which has the power to disallow legislation and to overturn executive actions which it deems unconstitutional.

In contrast to the long-term stability of the United States, Thailand has had a short history of democracy. Thailand approved a new constitution on Dec

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1,804m. of U.S. assets were foreign-owned, compared with $1,960,301m. of U.S.-owned assets overseas. The persistently adverse balance-of-payments position has revived the question of trade protectionism, particularly in relation to imports of advanced technology and electronic equipment from Japan, Taiwan, ant the Republic of Korea, and of agricultural produce from the European Community. Following the 1989 trade agreement with Canada, the United States implemented a full North American trade agreement (NAFTA), aimed at Mexico, in 1992, and it entered operation in 1994 under President Clinton. Thailand's rapid economic growth in the late 1980s generated certain problems: inadequate infrastructural development; a shortage of highly-trained technical personnel; a widening deficit on the current account of the balance of payments; rising inflation, and an inequality of income distribution, owing to excessive centralization. The 1991 coup in Thailand, the ensuing uncertainty, and the violent anti-government riots in May 1992 all had a detrimental effect on tourism and foreign investment and delayed public investment in infrastructural projects. The interim government of Anand Panyarachun focused on macro-economic policy and th
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