Thailand confident it can avoid U.S. sanctions as trafficking report looms

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By Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will likely avoid U.S. sanctions even if it stays on the lowest tier of an annual State Department human trafficking report, Thailand's defense minister said on Wednesday, days before the crucial progress report is due out. The United States automatically downgraded Thailand, one of the oldest U.S. treaty allies in Asia, to the lowest "Tier 3" status in its 2014 Trafficking in Persons Report after Thailand stayed on the report's so-called Tier 2 Watch List, the second-lowest rank, for four consecutive years. Washington said Thailand, a regional human trafficking hub, had not met the minimum standards for the elimination of the illicit trade.




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