A newly enforced US law could become another barrier blocking Thai exports unless shippers adjust to qualify under the rule's stricter labour standard, say industrialists.
US President Barack Obama endorsed the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act earlier this year, bringing it into force.
The law is a broad update of a US trade law that will allow a ban on any imported good produced by convicts or forced or indentured labour, said Vallop Vitanakorn, vice-chairman of the Federation of Thai Industries.