Cambodia, seen as a country that helps China re-route its exports to the US, fears being caught in Trump 2.0 trade reprisals, says Cambodian researcher Sokvy Rim.
Cambodia’s relations with the US have seen peaks and valleys. But they reached their lowest point when Donald Trump was president: the US halted aid to Cambodia citing democracy concerns in 2018 and Cambodia’s Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) status lapsed in 2020. Now, Trump’s return to the White House and his hard stance against China could put Cambodia in a more difficult situation.
In full: https://www.thinkchina.sg/politics/trumps-tough-stance-china-spillover-effects-cambodia
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