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Thailand placed in Tier 2 of US transshipment report
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Thailand has been placed in Tier 2 of a new White House report examining what the US administration describes as a global network used to reroute Chinese goods through third countries and evade higher American tariffs.
Key facts
- The report, titled “The Great Transshipment Scam”, identifies more than 40 economies that Washington says play different roles in China-linked supply and transshipment networks.
- Such goods can face an additional 40% duty as well as other applicable penalties.
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- The report was released by the White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy on Thursday (August 13, 2026).
- US trade adviser Peter Navarro described the alleged practice as having developed from smaller-scale tariff evasion into a much broader system since Washington first imposed Section 301 tariffs on China in 2018.
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Summary
The report, titled “The Great Transshipment Scam”, identifies more than 40 economies that Washington says play different roles in China-linked supply and transshipment networks.
It divides them into three tiers according to the scale and characteristics of trade flows and their links to Chinese supply chains.