“Pheu Thai” indicates that Thailand was deprived of the right of the US GSP to claim the succession of power

Jiraporn Sinthuprai, MP in Roi Et Phue, Thailand, notes that Thailand has been deprived of GSP rights twice in one year in a single year, claiming to be the successor to the government, concerned about threats to protesters. Suggest solving problems in the right way.

On November 2, Ms. Jiraphon Sinthuprai, S. Roi Et, as a team from the Pheu Thai Party economic team. He mentioned the case that the United States announced the elimination of special tariffs or GSP privileges on 231 additional Thai products, worth approximately 25 billion baht, as of December 30, 2020, when the United States had previously cut 573 GSP duties. for Thai products when In April 2020, the US eliminated 804 GSP duties for Thai products, totaling approximately 65 billion baht. Two consecutive GSP disqualifications announced in a short period of time. This reflected that the government that inherited power from the coup had no credit for foreign trade negotiations. And he especially stressed that General Prayut Chan-o-cha and the economic team No bargaining power As a small pawn he is not important in the eyes of the United States. How i used to boast

The government claims that the latest GSP deprivation only affects the import tax that Thailand has to pay more than 600 million baht. Please provide incomplete information Since the damage calculation is for additional taxes only, it does not reflect future business losses in Thailand. The GSP cut will increase the prices of Thai products in the US market, which will affect the competitiveness of Thai products in the future. In the long-term US market, the cost of damage claims is calculated from just a few of the many affected products. Especially products of enterprising SMEs such as ceramic products Cashews, fruits, pineapples, canned vegetable oil, automobile components, electrical equipment, home decoration, etc., which will aggravate small entrepreneurs that are greatly affected by the COVID-19 crisis . Therefore, the problem is not only in the value and quantity of the disqualified product. But the government must check which products and which SMEs will be affected. And it should be calculated as well as the losses arising from Thailand previously deprived of GSP rights. The government’s claim that this disqualification had little impact. It shows that the government is not sincere in dealing with Thai SME business and business.

When Thailand was disqualified by the United States in April 2020, the government disagreed. General Prayut claimed that the Thai economy was growing rapidly. The deputy prime minister at the time claimed because Thailand exceeded the poverty line, although the government agency clarified that it was due to Thai exports to the US They are worth more than the ceiling. Today, the GSP has been disqualified again, claiming it was due to the Thai refusal to open up the pork market to the US You can see the government takes the blame off, even though it is the government’s duty to look out for the Thai business interests, in addition to the Thai government’s inefficiency in negotiating the GSP in government administration. General Prayut also has Thai products whose import is banned by business partners or export sales decline, such as coconut milk, coconut, vegetables, fruits, rice and agricultural products, etc.