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The U.S. Embassy in Bangkok is warning Americans of potential “violent retaliatory attacks” after a group of Uyghurs were deported by Thailand to China.  Read More

Pisan Manawapat, a Thai ambassador to Canada and the U.S between 2013 and 2017 and a senator before he retired in 2024, said that at least three countries had approached Thailand with proposals to resettle the Uyghurs, but declined to name them.

Thailand deported 40 Uyghurs to China despite appeals from the United States and from rights groups that feared they would be abused.

The Thai Chamber of Commerce on Thursday urged action from the government over U.S. trade policy uncertainty and proposed it creates a "war room" to head off any threat of tariffs by the Trump administration.