Thai rice farmers brace for impact of US tariffs: ‘We won't survive'
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Now, she is also worried about tariffs unleashed by US President Donald Trump that could slash demand for Thai rice in the nation's most valuable foreign market and create turmoil in an export industry worth billions of dollars.
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