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State to push promising products
Some 30 product items have promising export prospects and need special effort from the government to increase shipments, says the Commerce Ministry’s planning unit.Pimchanok Vonkorpon, director-general of the Trade Policy and Strategy Office, said agricultural, food and industrial items are among the products, contributing a ...
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US agrees to consider Thailand’s request for a review of GSP cuts
The United States has agreed to consider Thailand’s request for a review of the suspension of trade preferences for Thai exports, under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program, in order to mitigate the impacts on the Thai private sector.The US move was conveyed to ...
Thai Government claims GSP move by US unrelated to chemicals ban
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha became aware of the US plan to suspend US$D1.3 billion in trade preferences for Thailand, under the Generalized System of Preferences program, about a month ago and says the US action is not related to Thailand’s banning of paraquat, glyphosate and ...