Thailand remains optimistic about securing a lower tariff rate than the 36% levy announced by President
Trump set the levy on Thailand without taking into account its revised proposals to increase market access by removing tariff and non-tariff barriers on a number of goods, Pichai told reporters Tuesday. The Southeast Asian nation expects to wrap up fresh trade talks before the Aug. 1 deadline set by Washington, he said.
In a last-minute bid to avoid the punitive tariff, ...