Cambodia clampdown threatens Chinese interests

[…] US President Donald Trump’s government, after all, had pledged to deeply cut development aid to several developing countries, including Cambodia, even before recent political tensions mounted.

But the US and EU remain Cambodia’s largest trading partners and possible economic sanctions on the Southeast Asian nation, which have been broached by individual American and European politicians, would also harm Chinese export-oriented firms operating in Cambodia as well as the broad economy. …

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David Hutt