Nonetheless, Chanintr Chalisarapong, president of the Thai Tuna Industry Asso- ciation, warned that Thailand's export prospects remain worrisome, particularly after the US Congress passed the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act, a broad update of US trade laws, in Febru ary. The law controls prohibitions on the import of goods made with convicts or forced or indentured labour, and it came into force on March 11. US authorities would immediately stop imports if they found goods were produced through such labour, he said