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President Trump announced the suspension of special tariffs (GSP) on products imported from Thailand for another $ 817 million, or about 25 billion baht from December 30, citing Thailand without any progress in opening the import market. of pork. From United States
The Voanews website reported that President Donald Trump of the United States announced on Friday, October 30, 63, that the United States government will suspend preferential tariffs (GSP) on products imported from Thailand. The amount of approximately $ 817 million or approximately 25,327 million baht (calculated at the exchange rate of $ 1 equals 31 baht) as of December 30, 2020, citing that the Thai government has no progress in the process of opening the market for imported pork from NOS.
The office of the United States Trade Representative, or USTR, lists the products from Thailand that will be disqualified. The latest GSP also includes auto parts. Some electronics Some dry food AND aluminum cookware
The White House has released an official letter from President Trump to the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi. On the implementation of the disqualification of the GSP, goods imported from Thailand After more than two years of negotiations with Thailand to open the United States import market, there is no progress. And labor rights in Thailand are not enough.
President Trump has written a letter to Mrs. Pelosi. Speaker of the United States House of Representatives that He had considered and found that Thailand does not assure the United States that Thailand will open markets for imports of goods from the United States in a fair, equitable and reasonable manner.
Voanews claims that the US Customs Preferential Treatment (GSP) is a program that has been in place since the 1970s to provide economic assistance to developing countries. Its aim is to improve the rights of workers in these developing countries. Including market opening for goods imported from the United States
While the Office of the US Trade Representative has closed an audit of non-profit GSP properties for Georgia, Indonesia and Uzbekistan. It also opened a review of the GSP concession for Eritrea, North East Africa. Based on concerns about labor rights.
