EU suspends free trade talks with Thailand
Suspension caused by continuing military regime comes as Thailand faces loss of all preferential tariff agreements on shrimp and tuna exports to the EU from 2015
Asia shrimp prices up on big RFQ from US retailer
A big request for quote from a US retailer caused shrimp prices in Asia to rise, with Indian packers short on small sizes and other offers also coming in
State Department: Thailand neglected fishing industry in forced labor crackdown
Thailand has shown improvements on some levels but not in fishing, states 432-page long report, which says deep-seated lack of leadership tipped scale far out of Thailand's favor
Thailand downgraded to Tier 3 on US TIP report
The US State Department has downgraded Thailand to a Tier 3 ranking on its 2014 Trafficking in Persons report, released Friday at 9 a.m.
CP Foods in talks to clarify situation with Carrefour; repeats opposition to forced labor
Thai company, for whom Carrefour represented just 0.03% of revenues last year, says it is in talks to clarify situation with supermarket chain, while re-iterating its opposition to slavery and forced labor
CP Foods responds: We could walk away from fishmeal, or use our weight to drive progress
Thai producer says it is auditing its entire operation, as it argues Guardian ignored extensive work by CP Foods to tackle abuses in its supply chain, and says responsible choice is to use its commercial weight to help drive improvement
Carrefour suspends all purchases from CP Foods
French supermarket group unveils 'precautionary measure' in light of allegations reported by Guardian of slavery in Thai company's supply chain
CP Foods: China is, and will remain, our largest overseas operation
CEO of Thai food and feed conglomerate, which has expressed its aim to up its overseas ops, says company is targeting 7-8% organic growth rate for its feed business
China contractor to build 4,000t shrimp farm in Oman
Qurun Aquapolis, $120m integrated farm and township owned by Singapore company and Omani partners, will also produce 2,000t of sea cucumber
US imports of Vietnamese shrimp up 125% in April
US shrimp imports up 11% year-on-year in April, with Vietnam the biggest gainer and Indonesia the highest in total