; Whereas Thailand and the United States signed a Memorandum of Understanding on promoting supply chain resilience on July 10, 2022; Whereas the Vice President of the United States was granted an audience with His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua and Her Majesty Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana in Bangkok, Thailand, on November 19, 2022, and also met with the Prime Minister of Thailand, Prayut Chan-o-cha, during the visit to Thailand to attend at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders’ Meeting to strengthen the partnership between the United States and Thailand and to reaffirm the United States commitment to the Mekong subregion; Whereas Thailand is a valued trading partner of the United States, with bilateral trade totaling approximately $74,000,000,000 per year; Whereas Thailand was the first country to join the United States Clean Energy Demand Initiative in February 2020, and has joined the Net Zero World Initiative in November 2022, as part of an effort to achieve energy transition initiatives; Whereas Thailand investment in the United States has continued to increase and currently totaled over $11,000,000,000; Whereas United States is among the first development partners of the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy, an economic framework initiated by Thailand in 2003, with an aim to narrowing economic development gaps and promoting sustainable growth in the Mekong subregion; Whereas the United States has launched the Mekong-US Partnership in 2020, building on the success of the Lower Mekong Initiative, which had been established since 2009, to enhance cooperation in the areas of economic connectivity, energy security, human capital development, transboundary water and natural resources management, and nontraditional security among the Mekong countries