Export advisers push for trade pact with Thailand following fact-finding trip

The U.S. should pursue an economic agreement that facilitates trade with Thailand by cutting trade barriers, the President’s Export Council said this week, delivering the administration a series of recommendations compiled after a fact-finding visit to the country earlier this year. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo led a delegation of nine PEC members on a visit to Thailand in March. Following the visit, the PEC, an advisory body with members from industry, labor and academia formed to counsel the department on...