Louisiana senators are attempting to push through a bill against the import of shrimp with early mortality syndrome (EMS), which is currently spreading across globe, in a bid to protect the US shrimp industry.
The bill was not ratified during a Senate meeting in May and US senators have been instructed to conduct a public hearing before proposing the bill again at the next Senate meeting.
“The US is the largest export market for Thai shrimp. If the US passes this bill, the Thai shrimp industry would be directly affected as some areas in Thailand have not yet been able to clear up the EMS problem," warned Pichalai Siripanich, senior director to the Thai Trade Centre in Los Angeles.
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