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Detroit does not like free trade with Thailand -
Detroit News, February 23, 2006 6:38
...Thailand is unquestionably the best friend the Big Three have in Asia. Building on this momentum, Thailand and the United States opened talks on a free trade agreement in 2004.
But the Big Three backers in Washington want no part of it. They declare that Thailand is an offshore platform for Japanese auto makers who want to find a backdoor into the American market. Shipping trucks from Thailand to America and not paying the 25 percent import tax would be "very threatening to the pickup truck industry in the United States," Collins said...
...Thailand is unquestionably the best friend the Big Three have in Asia. Building on this momentum, Thailand and the United States opened talks on a free trade agreement in 2004.
But the Big Three backers in Washington want no part of it. They declare that Thailand is an offshore platform for Japanese auto makers who want to find a backdoor into the American market. Shipping trucks from Thailand to America and not paying the 25 percent import tax would be "very threatening to the pickup truck industry in the United States," Collins said...