Thailand’s U-turn on Agrochemical Ban Shows U.S. Hitting Where it Hurts

The U.S. is piling the pressure on Thailand over its agrochemical ban, and it appears to be working, writes May Taylor at The Thaiger. A report by the Nikkei Asian Review claims the Kingdom’s proposed ban on three agrichemicals – paraquat, glyphosate, and chlorpyrifos – would have affected American agricultural exports into Thailand. But the US President has weighed into the issue.

Following news of the proposed ban, the U.S. suspended the exemption of tariffs on Thai exports to the U.S., which had been in place under the country’s Generalized System of Preference.

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The threat of being impacted by the U.S. sanctions saw Thailand do a complete U-turn on banning paraquat, chlorpyrifos and glyphosate, when it announced a suspension of the earlier ban last month.

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