US trade demands: Trump will squeeze Thailand till it squeals  

The Thai pork farmers aren’t going to be impressed, they want Prayut to block pork coming from the US.
Thechook
I’m trying to understand the pork market deal. Thailand has a thriving pork market, and the meat is reasonably priced. Open it up to US producers, they dump cheap pork on the Thai market, drive the Thais out of business, and then raise the prices. They should be concentrating on the tariff and duties imposed on US goods coming into the Thai market. When I’m buying consumer products that have a 2x or 3x mark-up due to tariffs, that’s something that needs to be addressed. 
Connda
The post above nails it. The tariffs and duties should be quid pro quo. Either Thailand drops tariffs or the US implements identical tariffs. But instead – pork? It’s already a saturated market.
I’m also looking at these deals and I don’t see how they benefit that average citizen in either country. Just corporate and government interests, as usual. 
Brianp0803
All the things Thailand is buying and selling are commodities.   Buying coal is something they buy anyway, they give more to the Donald to boast about and the Thai government gets to keep its ridiculously high tariffs. Pork may be where Thailand gives up something. 
yellowboat
Is there any surprise that a relatively rich country of 300+ million people has a trade deficit with a relatively poor country of 70 million people?
alanrchase
Missed opportunity! I was hoping that the Thai delegation would take a trip to the coast and see what clean beaches look like. And a side trip to a recycling and garbage collection and disposal facility.
Thailand could have imported this technology from US and in the long run, boost its treasured tourism industry. Dealing with the garbage issue in Thailand using purchased American know-how could easily have balanced the trade surplus of $11.5 billion.
Neeray 
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