Supply Chain Research

The Thai government is planning to implement non-tariff barriers against Chinese electric vehicle exports, in part to protect its own plans for building up a domestic EV manufacturing business. That undermines a key part of the RCEP trade deal – namely increased trade in goods through lower tariff and non-tariff barriers – before talks are even complete. Thailand imported $1.4 billion of autos and parts from China in the past 12 months, representing 2% of total Chinese exports of such products. Nissan is one of the most exposed mainstream manufacturers to China-to-Thailand exports as par...