As the government of Benjamin Netanyahu has been examining the question, the debate in Israel has tended to juxtapose the energy security advantages of maintaining a large strategic natural gas reserve against the economic and other benefits ofexport, which requires scale to justify the considerable capital expenditures to build the required infrastructure.
They distrust Mr Thanong's projection of an export-led recovery, given that Thailand is in the throes of shifting from cheap-labour industries to manufacturing capital-intensive goods, such as cars and electronics.
Looking ahead, the sustainability of 10 percent export growth and the outlook for property investment are important areas to watch to assess the resilience of the recovery, Barclays Capital said on Friday.