( November 4, 2026, 09:48 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Thailand’s Trade Competition Commission is seeking public comments on draft trade-practice guidelines for ride-hailing and on-demand delivery platforms. The draft, published Wednesday, requires platforms to disclose pricing structures, fees, contractual terms, algorithms and ranking criteria in Thai, and prohibits arbitrary price increases, below-cost pricing intended to eliminate competitors, discriminatory pricing and unjustified mandatory advertising or promotion fees. It also restricts practices including unreasonable limits on multi-homing, self-preferencing through biased algorithms or the misuse of proprietary business data and deceptive platform designs, while requiring the protection of personal data and neutral dispute resolution mechanisms. The consultation runs through Dec. 3.Statement follows. Draft regulation attached (in Thai)....
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