BANGKOK -- Natural rubber prices in Thailand are slumping, as growing economic uncertainty sparked by U.S. trade tariffs dampens consumer appetite for new cars.
Top producer's trade talks with US key to international prices

Thailand’s rubber industry has taken a beating from the Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs. (Photo by Kosuke Inoue)
BANGKOK -- Natural rubber prices in Thailand are slumping, as growing economic uncertainty sparked by U.S. trade tariffs dampens consumer appetite for new cars.