US President Barack Obama (L) speaks to media next to Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (R) during a press conference at Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, 18 November 2012. Obama is visit Thailand to mark 180 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries as part of his South-East Asia trip include stops in Cambodia and Myanmar. The two leaders were expected to announce Thailand's intention to enter on joining the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). [Photo: CFP]