As Thailand's shrimp industry begins to recover from the worst disease pandemic to hit in recent history, it has another big question mark looming: what will happen if the United States decides to downgrade the country to a Tier 3 ranking on its human trafficking report, set for release in late spring?

"If that happens, it will be hugely problematic for the industry," Siam Canadian's founder and group managing director Jim Gulkin, who supplies the US with shrimp from Thailand, told Undercurrent News [...]