Thai Trade Talks Postponed
The prime minister of Thailand had said top officials would travel to Washington to talk tariffs on April 23, but according to Reuters and Bloomberg reporting, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said the talks were postponed after the U.S. asked Thailand to address unspecified issues.
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“We’ll approach the talks with the mindset that we’ll give them something if they’re also willing to give us something,” she said, according to Bloomberg. The wire service cited Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira saying that the U.S. is asking Thailand to prevent fraudulent "Made in Thailand" claims by other countries that face higher tariffs, and asked the government to address what the U.S. says is currency manipulation.