Bangkok, July 8, 2025 (AFP) - Thai acting PM wants 'better deal' than Trump threatened tariff

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2025-07-08

Thailand's acting prime minister Phumtham Wechayachai said Tuesday he wanted a "better deal" than the 36 percent tariff Donald Trump threatened to impose in a letter to the country. Bangkok was hit with the same rate when the US president announced his initial wave of levies at the start of April, but has been paying a 10 percent standby rate as negotiators raced for a deal before a July 9 deadline. Trump sent letters to more than a dozen countri......

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