The National Pork Producers Council wants access to Thailand. If not granted, NPPC says Thailand’s preferential access to the U.S. should be revoked or reduced. Thailand is a top beneficiary of the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences program, which gives duty-free treatment to certain goods entering the United States. The program allows for removal of a country’s benefits if it fails to provide the United States “equitable and reasonable access” to its market. An NPPC spokesperson during a U.S. Trade Representative Hearing this week said; “. President Trump has called for reciprocity in our trading relationship with other countries, but there is no reciprocity at all in our trading relationship with Thailand when it comes to pork.” Thailand holds a ban on imports of U.S. pork by banning products produced with ractopamine, a feed ingredient approved. Following an NPPC petition, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office in May agreed to review Thailand’s eligibility for the U.S. GSP program.