Thailand says 'good feeling' over China-backed trade pact

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has a "good feeling" that a China-backed free trade pact for countries with nearly half the world's population will be agreed this year after years of delay, a Thai official said on Friday.Negotiators for the 16-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) are in the Thai capital this week to try to finalise what could become the world's largest free trade zone with a third of global gross domestic product.Progress in talks that began in 2012 has been..