The European Commission plans to launch negotiations this week on the draft free trade agreement between the European Union and Thailand, which is causing concern among the European tuna industry. On Monday 31 March, the Europêche organisation called for tuna products to be excluded from this trade agreement (see EUROPE B13404A9).
Thailand is the world’s leading producer and exporter of tuna (production of 470,000 tonnes of canned and prepared tuna). Currently, an average of...