Last week, the government made a decision to abolish the previous governmentrsquo;s policy goal of manufacturing 2 million cars. It also called off the support for the auto industry as strategic sector or lsquo;global nichersquo; due to the absence of comparative advantage, high dependency on foreign investment, technology, and high protectionism. The auto industry, therefore, is the second industry after textile and clothing which the government discontinued support to be Thailandrsquo;s strategic industry.