EU-based NGO produces commercial discouraging Thai fisheries imports

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EU-based NGO produces commercial discouraging Thai fisheries imports

BANGKOK, 20 May 2015, (NNT) - The World Trade Organization (WTO) has revealed that a non-governmental organization based in the European Union (EU) has produced an advertisement discouraging Europeans from buying Thai fishery products.

Mr. Thawatchai Dechachete, an economist with Permanent Mission of Thailand to the WTO, spoke on the commercial that could damage consumption of Thai fisheries in Europe.

He said the commercial could stoke greater anti-Thai fisheries sentiment, following a yellow card that the EU issued for illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. It could generate public pressure to elevate the yellow card to a red card, which would ban EU imports of Thai fishery products.

This development could exacerbate the Thai export sector, which has continued to struggle since the political unrest last year. Mr. Thawatchai said the Thai Mission to the WTO as well as law firms have been building a report to state their case to EU officials for revoking the yellow card.

In the past, the EU has issued and revoked yellow cards for other Asian nations such as the Philippines and South Korea.


-- NNT 2015-05-20

[NextStationBangkok]

Thailand is good catch for them ! Treatment of labors are most important pact of WTO, no wonder they are targeting Thailand.

Many companies in Bangladesh were banned from exporting their goods due to the poor conditions of labors. China somehow manages so far, but they still violate many rules for big corporates like Apple/Samsung etc.

Anyhow with food price inflation in US and EU, they still allowed to abuse the labors in Thailand.

Expatriate Customers in Thailand also abused by the price of the Imported Cheese, i hope WTO will make sure Thailand tax them mildly so that we can eat cheese often.

[graemeaylward]

Good for the EU, and not before time. Hopefully, if everyone in the EU boycotts Thai fisheries products, it will force Thailand to stop using slave labour, overfishing already depleted fish stocks and get the so called Thai government to realise that they are part of this world and have to abide by international rules!

[Lupatria]

...realise that they are part of this world

I learned the mindset here is a little different. For most people here the world out there is just what surrounds Thailand.

...and have to abide by international rules!

How is this going to happen, if they don't give a damn about their own (even Buddhist) rules and laws?

[hansnl]

Good for the EU, and not before time. Hopefully, if everyone in the EU boycotts Thai fisheries products, it will force Thailand to stop using slave labour, overfishing already depleted fish stocks and get the so called Thai government to realise that they are part of this world and have to abide by international rules!

Wrong!

A EU ban of Thai fishey products will not stop the use of so called slave labour.

Or maybe it will.

It will most certainly make a lot of people loose their jobs, thousands in fact.

Including the so called slave labourers, who will be sent back to their own country of let loose into Thailand doing other labour and forcing Thai people out of their jobs.

Good show, EU!

PS

Maybe, all this noise made by the EU is just camouflage?

Maybe protectionism?

[yellowboat]

There was a coup supporter who use to blame the US and European buyers for buying fish they "knew" was caught on Thai slavers. He may have to blame somebody else now. This Thai industry deserves a good kick in the teeth for this.

[lovelomsak]

Well it willnot be slave labour for long. They will jail the slaves as illegal immigrants then use the new law to have prisoners work on boats to get the slaves back on the boats as labour. Playing cat and mouse. It is my understanding these people arenot only slaves but disposible.. If for any reason the captian wants he can simply kill them and throw them overboard. Or just through them overbroad and see if they live. I always thought slaves were forced labour , but didnot realise they were free labour . No need to pay just throw overboard and enslave more. Feeds the food chain for the fisherman also.

Edited May 20, 2015 by lovelomsak

[wabothai]

...realise that they are part of this world

I learned the mindset here is a little different. For most people here the world out there is just what surrounds Thailand.

...and have to abide by international rules!

How is this going to happen, if they don't give a damn about their own (even Buddhist) rules and laws?

wallet !!!!

[Doc46]

Good for the EU, and not before time. Hopefully, if everyone in the EU boycotts Thai fisheries products, it will force Thailand to stop using slave labour, overfishing already depleted fish stocks and get the so called Thai government to realise that they are part of this world and have to abide by international rules!

Wrong!

A EU ban of Thai fishey products will not stop the use of so called slave labour.

Or maybe it will.

It will most certainly make a lot of people loose their jobs, thousands in fact.

Including the so called slave labourers, who will be sent back to their own country of let loose into Thailand doing other labour and forcing Thai people out of their jobs.

Good show, EU!

PS

Maybe, all this noise made by the EU is just camouflage?

Maybe protectionism?

You are saying;;putting Thai people out of a job;; If they did not have the Foreign cheap labor the Thais wouldn't do the job That't why they got the foreign cheap labor in the first place.

[Suffinator]

So where's the video?

[Godders]

Good for the EU, and not before time. Hopefully, if everyone in the EU boycotts Thai fisheries products, it will force Thailand to stop using slave labour, overfishing already depleted fish stocks and get the so called Thai government to realise that they are part of this world and have to abide by international rules!

Meanwhile, back at Walmart . . .

[Robby nz]

Amazing he people who want to see Thailand fail, must have been given a very bad time by their ladyboy on their visit here to be so bitter and twisted.

This is not the EU that has made this commercial but an NGO based in the EU, it is not something official, wonder if there could have been someone named Amsterdam involved ?

Just the sort of dirty underhand trick his erstwhile employer would use to try to undermine the country.

[SoilSpoil]

Amazing he people who want to see Thailand fail, must have been given a very bad time by their ladyboy on their visit here to be so bitter and twisted.

This is not the EU that has made this commercial but an NGO based in the EU, it is not something official, wonder if there could have been someone named Amsterdam involved ?

Just the sort of dirty underhand trick his erstwhile employer would use to try to undermine the country.

I hate to see Thailand fail, love the country for that matter, don't date lady boys and am far from bitter or twisted, but I do hope there will be a ban on Thai fish exports. What happens here right of our noses is an atrocity, a pure and evil crime against humanity and I hope it will stop. The best way to achieve that is to ban Thai products. Let the authorities clean up this branch first.

What kind of dirty underhand tricks are you suggesting. Your response indicates that its normal to enslave people, torture them or even kill them. All in the name of money and profits.

[ivanalt]

So where's the video?

http://www.ejfoundation.org/video/pirates-and-slaves

Just one of the few interesting clips here

[maidee]

fish - sponsored by slavery

[tingtongfarang]

So where's the video?

http://www.ejfoundation.org/video/pirates-and-slaves

Just one of the few interesting clips here

When i read threads regarding tourists over charged for resteraunt seafood meals for 4 people costing over 8000bht i really do wonder about the mentality of the posters claiming everything is ok and very normal,

Since many years mankind should have given up on the idea of eating seafood, commercial fishing just should not be allowed in any form, the majority of the oceans are already dead!

Do the world a favour please and stop!!

Edited May 20, 2015 by tingtongfarang

[BestBitterPhuket]

If you walk into a restaurant, and you see the owner beating and abusing his employees, telling them he will not pay them, would you eat there? I would not.

[Johnny S]

The Thai Fishing Industri deserves all that will come to them - better sooner than later

[angiolo]

Well it is a < fishy business >