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Cambodia's trade with foreign countries up 25 pct in four months
- 30 May 2013
- Xinhuanet News
- Economy and commerce / Exports / Imports / Trade
- automobiles / Camcontrol Department / Camcontrol Department statistics division chief Khuon Savuth / Camcontrol Department's statistics division / Chinese aid / construction materials / Corn / corn exports / Cosmetic Products / Europe / Exports / footwear exports / Garment exports / Imports / international trade / Japanese aid / Khuon Savuth / Malaysian aid / Milled Rice / Ministry of Commerce / Ministry of Commerce Camcontrol Department / motorcycle imports / motorcycles / Petroleum / petroleum imports / pharmaceutical product imports / Pharmaceutical Products / rubber / rubber exports / rubber latex / South Korean aid / textile imports / textile raw materials / Thailand / total trade volume / Trade / United States aid
Cambodia’s trade volume with foreign countries had reached 5.12 billion U.S. dollars in the first four months of this year, a 25 percent rise compared with 4.1 billion U.S. dollars over the same period last year, according to a report from the Ministry of Commerce’s ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-05/30/c_132419210.htm
Against the Grain
- 30 May 2013
- China Economic Review
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Exports / Imports / Rice / Trade
- agricultural policy / Agriculture & Agri-business / Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy / Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing / Chinese aid / Chinese imports / Chinese rice imports / crops / Exports / grains / Indian aid / international rice trade / Nigeria / Pakistan / rice / rice consumption / rice export / rice farmers / rice imports / Rice Market / rice prices / rice sector / rice trade / Shipments / US Department of Agriculture / USDA
On the palm-studded plains of Cambodia, rice farmers’ eyes light up with the prospect of sending their crop northward to China. The poor Southeast Asian nation had been trying for several years to export rice to the mainland but only last year did it gain ...
http://www.chinaeconomicreview.com/china-rice-demand-market-import
Thai border SEZs set for discussion next month
- 29 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Economy and commerce / Exports / Imports / Investment / Special economic zones / Trade
- agri-business / Agriculture & Agri-business / agro-industry / Aranyaprathet District / Banteay Meancheay / Cambodia / Cambodia Institute of Development Study / Cambodian-Thai border / Kang Chandararot / Khlong Yai district / Koh Kong / Long Visalo / Minister of Foreign Affairs / Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Poipet town / Sa Keo / SEZ / Special Economic Zone / Surapong Tovichakchaikul / Thai foreign minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul / Thailand / Trat
In an effort to boost trade activity between Thailand and Cambodia, both countries will discuss plans for two special economic zones along the Thai-Cambodian border next month, according to the secretary of state at the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday. “It will provide us ...
Hor Kimsay and Anne Renzenbrink
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052965902/Business/thai-border-sezs-set-for-discussion-next-month.html
Firms’ Timber Trade Decried
- 28 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Exports / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Human rights / Land / Logging and timber / Public land lease / Social development / Trade
- Adhoc / Beoung Per / Beoung Per Wildlife Sanctuary / Cambodian Center for Human Rights / CCHR / Chhim Savuth / CRCK / CRCK Company / deforestation / ELCs / ELCs Law / environmental impact / Exports / Forest / Hoeun Sopheap / illegal logging / Illegal poaching / illegal timber trade / Kampong Thom Province / Kampong Thom Provincial Governor / logging / luxury timber / natural resources / Oknha Try Pheap / Preah Vihear / Prey Lang / Prey Lang Community Representative / Prey Long Forest / protected area / protected forest / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / Rovieng District / rubber / Rubber plantation / Sandan district / timber / Try Pheap Import and Export / Try Pheap Import Export Co Ltd / Try Pheap Import Export Company / Uth Sam Orn / Vietnamese border / Vietnamese company / Vietnamese rubber company CRCK / water / WaterSHED / wildlife / Wildlife Sanctuary / Wood
Two firms holding concessions in rapidly disappearing northern forests are amassing stockpiles of tens of thousands of luxury logs cut both within and outside their leases and trucking them on to Vietnam, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights has alleged. CCHR investigators that tracked logging operations ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052865880/National/firms-timber-trade-decried.html
Samsung pushes for 30 stores in Kingdom
- 28 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Economy and commerce / Imports / Investment / Trade
- Battambang / electronics / Gwihan Lee / Hor Hap / LG / LG’s market share / Panasonic / Parkway Square / Phnom Penh / Poipet / retail / Samsung / Samsung stores / Sansung branches / Siem Reap / Sihanoukville / South Korean aid / Thai Samsung Electronics / third-party retailers / upper-middle class
Samsung plans to more than quadruple its number of stores – currently seven – in the Kingdom, aiming to have 30 branches by the end of this year. The move will extend its lead as the electronic brand with the most stores here, and comes as ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052865864/Business/samsung-pushes-for-30-stores-in-kingdom.html
Cambodian police clash with thousands of garment workers, 23 hurt
- 27 May 2013
- Reuters
- Clothes / Economy and commerce / Exports / Garments and textiles / Industries / Manufacturing / Trade
- Bangladesh / clothing brands / Exports / Factories / Factory collapse / factory working conditions / Free Trade Union president Sun Vanny / freedom of association / FTU / Garment exports / Garment factories / garments / Healthcare / IMF / International Monetary Fund / Kampong Speu / Kampong Speu Province / labor / labor rights / labour / labour rights / manufacturers / minimum wage / Nike / Nike clothing / Phnom Penh / Police / protests / riots / Sabrina / Sabrina (Cambodia) Garment Manufacturing / Sabrina factory / shoes / Strikes / stun batons / Sun Vanny / trade unions / transport / United States aid / worker / worker rights / working conditions
At least 23 workers were hurt in Cambodia on Monday when police using stun batons moved in to end a protest over pay at a factory that makes clothing for U.S. sportswear company Nike , a worker and a trade union representative said. Police with riot ...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/27/cambodia-garments-workers-idUSL3N0E829T20130527
Cambodian, Swiss senior senators pledge to boost bilateral ties
- 27 May 2013
- Xinhuanet News
- Economy and commerce / Trade
- bilateral trade / Cultural Heritage / cultural heritage conservation / cultural heritage renovation / Economics / Filippo Lombardi / First Vice President of the Senate of Cambodia Say Chhum / gender / health sector / Investment / legal field / Lombardi / poverty reduction / rule of law / Say Chhum / Senate of Cambodia / Swiss Council of States (Senate) / Swiss Council of States (Senate) Filippo Lombardi / Swiss government / Swiss investors / Swiss senior senators / Switzerland
Cambodian and Swiss senior senators on Monday pledged to help promote bilateral cooperation, particularly in legal field, economics and trade for mutual benefits. The pledge was made during a meeting between First Vice President of the Senate of Cambodia Say Chhum and visiting President of the ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-05/27/c_132411625.htm
Cambodia Far From Intellectual Property Targets
- 27 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Trade / Trade policy and regulation
- copyright / counterfeit goods / counterfeit medicines / fake fashion brands / ICT Businesses Association / intellectual property / intellectual property department / intellectual property law / Intellectual Property Rights / LDCs / least developed countries / Microsoft / Microsoft in Cambodia country manager Pily Wong / Ministry of Commerce / Ministry of Commerce intellectual property department director Var Roth San / Northeastern University / online gaming / Pily Wong / pirated books / Pirated computer software / pirated goods / pirated movies / pirated music / Professor Brook Baker / Sabay Didigital Corporation / trade sanctions / United Nations / Var Roth San / World Trade Organization
Cambodia is still a way off implementing World Trade Organization (WTO) rules on intellectual property rights, despite a deadline to do so in just over a month. At the end of June, the group of the world’s 49 least developed countries (LDCs), including Cambodia, run out ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/cambodia-far-from-intellectual-property-targets-26805/
Blackouts to end soon: EdC
- 27 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Coal / Coal / Economy and commerce / Energy / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Generation and distribution facilities / Imports / Minerals and mineral products / Non-renewable energy production / Sihanoukville / Trade
- ASEAN Center for Energy / Blackouts / Cambodian Federation of Employers and Business Associations / CDC / coal / coal power / coal-fired power / Council for the Development of Cambodia / director-general of Electricite du Cambodge / EdC / Electricite du Cambodge / Electricity / electricity prices / energy / Kampong Speu / Kandal / Keo Rottanak / Laos / Phnom Penh / Power cuts / Sihanoukville / Sok Chenda Sophea / Thailand
Blackouts in Phnom Penh will no longer be a problem after an energy source near Sihanoukville starts providing an extra 50 megawatts of coal-fired power to the city next month, the director-general of Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) said. Keo Rottanak said by mid-June at the latest ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052765845/Business/blackouts-to-end-soon-edc.html
Cambodia: A rising star with a falling reputation?
- 24 May 2013
- Just-Style
- Development policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Education and training / Education policy and administration / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Exports / Social development / Trade
- American Government / Aon Hewitt's People Risk Index 2013 / apparel workers / Better Factories Cambodia / British Embassy / Burma / Cambodian garment industry / Cambodian Government / CDC / Chinese aid / Company turnover / Contracts / Corporate responsibility / corporate social responsibility / Corruption / Council for the Development of Cambodia / CSR-sensitive brands / Electricity / electricity prices / energy / environment / EU / European Union aid / Exports / Factories / Factory collapse / Faintings / Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry / foreign investment / French Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia / French companies / Garment exports / Garment factories / Garment Industry Productivity Centre / garment manufacturers / Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia / garments / GMAC / Hong Kong / illegal strikes / ILO / Indian textile suppliers / Infrastructure / International Labor Organization / International Labor Organization's Better Factories Cambodia / job security / Ken Loo / Korea / labor / labor law / labor turnover / labour / Malaysian aid / manufacturers / mass faintings / minimum wage / minimum wage increase / Monitoring in the Dark Report / Myanmar / Phnom Penh / retailers / SHRM&P / Singapore / Stanford International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic / Taiwan / temporary contracts / textile manufacturers / textile suppliers / textile supply chain / Textiles / UK Trade and Investment office / USAID / wages / Worker Rights Consortium / workers / workers rights
Cambodia’s reputation as a standard-bearer for apparel workers’ rights is wearing thin – and yet the country is a rising star when it comes to attracting foreign investment and increasing exports. There are many reasons to deter brands and retailers from sourcing clothing in Cambodia. The Kingdom ...
http://www.just-style.com/analysis/a-rising-star-with-a-falling-reputation_id117944.aspx
Regional pharma producers eye Kingdom
- 24 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Economy and commerce / Imports / Investment / Pharmaceuticals / Public health / Social development / Trade
- ASEAN / Bayer / Benoit Martineau / Business Monitor International / Celina Chew / Chinese Market / Eurocham / Eurocham’s pharma working group / food and drugs agencies / foreign investment / generic drugs / German / Indofarma / Indonesia / International pharmaceutical companies / Jakarta Globe / Jakarta Post / Kalbe Farma / Khalid Baig / Laos Operations / Malaysian aid / medicine distributors / pharmaceutical industry / pharmaceutical market / pharmaceuticals / Sanofi Group / Southeast Asia / Thailand / Vidjongtius
International pharmaceutical companies are increasingly looking to sell their products to Cambodia, although the market is full of obstacles, according to experts. After several big international players announced sales expansion plans, two companies from Indonesia, a major manufacturing hub in Southeast Asia, are planning to follow. Kalbe ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052465819/Business/regional-pharma-producers-eye-kingdom.html
Massive Power Outage Triggered by Falling Tree
- 24 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Trade
- EdC / Ḗlectricité du Viet Nam / Electricity / Electricity blackouts / Electricity of Cambodia / electricity shortage / electricity supply / Eletricite du Cambodge / EVN / national electricity grid / Phnom Penh / power lines / Southern Power Corporation / Than Nien / Than Nien newspaper / Tourism / Vietnam Electricity Group / water / water shortage
A massive power outage that left large areas of Phnom Penh without electricity and water and plunged southern Vietnam into darkness on Wednesday was caused by a crane operator knocking a tree onto a high voltage power line, Vietnam’s state-owned energy provider said yesterday. “A ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/massive-power-outage-triggered-by-falling-tree-26557/
ASEAN power chiefs to follow up power grid plan
- 23 May 2013
- China Daily
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Trade / Trade policy and regulation
- ASEAN / ASEAN power grid / Cambodian Ministry of Industry Mines and Energy / Cambodian Ministry of Industry Mines and Energy Secretary of State Ith Praing / Department of Electrical Services of Brunei / Department of Electrical Services of Brunei acting director Musa Bin Metali / Electricite du Cambodge / Electricity / electricity accesses / Electricity of Cambodia / Electricity of Cambodia director general Keo Rottanak / electricity supply / energy / environment / green energy / Heads of ASEAN Power Utilities and Authorities Council / Ith Praing / Keo Rottanak / Musa Bin Metali / power grid / power lines / power utilities / regional power grid inter-connection
Leaders of ASEAN power utilities and authorities gathered on Thursday to follow up the progress of the ambitious ASEAN power grid action plan, which was set to inter-connect power lines in the 10 ASEAN member states by 2020. Speaking to reporters after the opening ...
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2013-05/23/content_16525904.htm
Vietnam Power Failure Hits Phnom Penh
- 23 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Imports / Phnom Penh / Renewable energy production / Trade
- Blackouts / Electricity / electricity imports / electricity supply / Eletricite du Cambodge / energy / Ho Chi Minh City / Keo Sovannarith / national electricity supply / Phnom Penh / Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority / Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority deputy director Keo Sovannarith / Southern Power Corporation / Tourism / transmission lines / water / water pipes / water pumping station / water shortage / water supply / water supply factory
A massive power outage Wednesday in Southern Vietnam brought rolling blackouts that lasted for hours to Ho Chi Minh City, the entire southeastern region of Vietnam and large sections of Phnom Penh. Vietnam’s state-owned Southern Power Corporation said Wednesday that the problem occurred around 2 p.m. ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/vietnam-power-failure-hits-phnom-penh-26121/
Rice exports to region rising
- 23 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Exports / Investment / Rice / Trade
- Agriculture & Agri-business / Alliance of Rice Producers and Exporter of Cambodia / ARPEC / Asia / Asian market / Chinese aid / Chinese Market / Cngrain.com / David Van / EU / Europe / European Union market / Everything But Arms / Exports / Federation of Cambodian Rice Exporters / fragrant rice / France / import tax / Indonesia / Kim Savuth / least developed countries / Malaysian aid / Milled Rice / One Window Service / Poland / rice / rice export / rice export destination / rice importers / Rice Millers / tax exemption / Thailand / trade preferential treatment
Cambodian milled rice exports are gradually lessening their dependency on a single market by expanding their shipping destination in Asia, a sign insiders say is good news for the industry. Kim Savuth, president of the Federation of Cambodian Rice Exporters, told the Post yesterday that milled ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052365791/Business/rice-exports-to-region-rising.html
H&M Says Garments Made in Cambodian Factory Without Approval
- 22 May 2013
- Bloomberg
- Economy and commerce / Exports / Trade
- Anna Eriksson / apparel factories / Bangladesh / clothing retailer / construction / Europe / Factories / factory blaze / Factory collapse / factory construction / garment indusrty / garment sector / garments / H&M / H&M garments / H&M spokeswoman Anna Eriksson / health and safety / Hennes & Mauritz AB / HMB / Hong Kong / Sears Holdings Corp / Shoe factories / shoes / Stockholm / Subcontractors / Top World garment factory / unapproved factories / Wal-Mart Stores Inc / Walmart
Hennes & Mauritz AB, Europe’s second-biggest clothing retailer, said some H&M garments were produced without its knowledge or approval at a factory in Cambodia where workers were injured in a partial building collapse this week. A supplier of the Stockholm-based company placed two minor orders with ...
Cambodia launches cassava development project under China, UNDP support
- 21 May 2013
- Xinhuanet News
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Biofuel crops / Chinese aid / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Exports / Non-DAC members / Trade
- agricultural crop / Agriculture & Agri-business / Agro-Business / Cassava / cassava chips / cassava crop / cassava cultivation / cassava development project / cassava farmers / cassava sector / China's Ministry of Commerce department of international trade and economic affairs / Chinese aid / Chinese Ministry of Commerce / department of international trade and economic affairs / Economic Development / Employment / Export / first secretary Lu Zhouxiang / Lu Zhouxiang / Minister of Agriculture secretary of state Teng Lao / Ministry of Agriculture / poverty reduction / Protocol on the Exports of Cambodian Cassava to Chinese Market / Teng Lao / Thailand / UNDP / UNDP to Cambodia country director Setsuko Yamazaki / United Nations Development Program / value chain
Cambodia launched Tuesday the second phase of cassava development project under the support of China and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Cambodia and China signed a Protocol on the Exports of Cambodian Cassava to Chinese Market in December 2010, under which China allowed Cambodia ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-05/21/c_132397799.htm
Packaged MSG imports plummet
- 21 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Economy and commerce / Imports / Investment / Trade
- Ajinomoto Cambodia / customs department / flavour enhancer / Food industry / Japanese aid / Japanese MSG packaging firm / Junji Mitsumoto / Ministry of Economy and Finance / Monosodium glutamate / MSG / MSG consumption / packaging factory / Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone / PPSEZ / processing factory / Red Ladle / seasoning / seasoning product / taste enhancer / Thailand / Vedan
Cambodian imports of packaged monosodium glutamate (MSG) totalled just 2,086 tonnes last year, the lowest amount since 2002, according to import figures from the customs department of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. The import figures showed that from 2002 to 2010, Cambodia had imported a ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052165729/Business/packaged-msg-imports-plummet.html
Cambodia, Vietnam Trade Rises
- 20 May 2013
- The Cambodia Herald
- Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Energy / Exports / Extractive Industries / Imports / Maize (corn) / Non-renewable energy production / Oil and gas resources / Trade
- agricultural products / Cambodia / Corn / corn exports / Exports / Gas / Imports / oil / oil and gas / Oil and Gas Product / rubber / Tobacco / Tobacco Materials / Trade / vegetables and fruits / Vietnam Trade Office / Vietnam-Cambodia Trade / Wood / Wooden Products / ផលិតផលកៅស៊ូ
Two-way trade between Vietnam and Cambodia in the first four months of the year reached nearly US$1.3 billion, a 10 per cent rise over the same period last year. According to the Vietnam Trade Office in Cambodia, Vietnam’s exports to Cambodia fetched over $1 billion while ...
The Cambodia Herald Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=YzA1YWUwMDU3OTh
Cambodia sells more, buys less
- 20 May 2013
- Bangkok Post
- Agriculture and fishing / Economy and commerce / Exports / Imports / Trade
- agricultural products / agricultural products exports / baht appreciation / Cambodian Commerce Ministry / Cambodian-Thai bilateral Trade / Cambodian-Thai trade / cement / cement imports / Cham Prasidh / Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh / construction material imports / construction materials / consumer products / consumer products imports / cosmetics / cosmetics imports / Exports / Fish / fish exports / garments / Imports / Jiranun Wongmongkol / Koh Kong Trade-Investment expo / Petroleum / petroleum imports / Phnom Penh Post / processed goods / processed goods imports / recyclable meta exports / recyclable metal / Thailand / Trade / trade counselor Jiranun Wongmongkol
Trade between Thailand and Cambodia went off in a wild divergence in the first quarter of this year. Exports from Cambodia rose 19% to US$102 million (2.9 billion baht) year-on-year, while Thailand’s imports recorded a 4% decline to $1 billion, the Phnom Penh Post reported on ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/351002/strong-baht-sends-thai-exports-to-cambodia-down
Investments in Cambodia Up
- 20 May 2013
- The Cambodia Herald
- Agriculture and fishing / Economy and commerce / Energy / Exports / Foreign investors / Generation and distribution facilities / Imports / Investment / Trade
- Agriculture & Agri-business / agriculture sector / aviation / Aviation Sector / banking sector / Banks / Cambodia / Cambodian GDP / economic / economic sector / energy sector / foreign direct investment / forestry / Forestry Sector / GDP / Gross Domestic Product / Investment / investment growth / Investment Projects / job creation / Phnom Penh / Tan Nguyen Tien / Telecom Sector / telecommunications / Tourism / Vietnam Airlines / Vietnam Economic Times / Vietnamese Embassy / Vietnamese Embassy Head of the Economic Section / Vietnamese FDI / Vietnamese Investment / Viettel's Telecom Service
Vietnam’s investment in Cambodia has increased significantly in the last three years, but a mechanism to encourage and oversee investments in prioritized sectors is needed, according to diplomatic sources. Tan Nguyen Tien, head of the economic section at the Vietnamese embassy in Phnom Penh, said Vietnam’s ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NjA1NjRhYTIxOTd
Cambodia exports to Thailand rise as nations improve economic ties
- 20 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Economy and commerce / Exports / Imports / Trade
- Agriculture & Agri-business / bilateral trade / bilateral trade agreements / Cambodian Minister of Commerce / cement / Cham Prasidh / construction materials / consumer products / cosmetics / economic relations / Export / export values / Fish / Foreign Trade Promotion officer Jiranan Wongmongkol / fruits / import / international trade / Jiranan Wongmongkol / Koh Kong Trade-Investment expo / Ministry of Commerce / Petroleum / processed goods / recyclable metal / second-hand garments / Thai baht / Thailand / Vegetables
Cambodia’s total exports to Thailand sharply increased in the first quarter of the year, according to official data from Ministry of Commerce received by the Post last week. Officials said the rise is the result of efforts by both countries to improve trade facilitation and economic ...
Trade Deal Threat Still On Table
- 20 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Crop products and commodities / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / European Union aid / Exports / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Sugar / Trade
- Cambodian Trade Minister Cham Prasidh / Cham Prasidh / Convention Concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment / Disputed Land / Eang Vuthy / EBA / economic land concession / Economic Land Concessions (ELCs) / ELC / ELCs / Equitable Cambodia / European Commission / European Commission Member / European Commission Vice President / European Parliament / European Union aid / Everything But Arms / International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights / Jean-Francois Cautain / Kampong Speu / Karel De Gucht / Katherine Ashton / Land rights / Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh / NGOs / no-tariff agreement / sugar / sugar industry / Trade / trade deals
The European union’s executive arm has responded to its parliamentarians’ concerns over rights abuses stemming from Cambodia’s economic land concessions, maintaining that, should the need arise, it “will be ready” to withdraw from its preferential trade agreements with the Kingdom. In a joint letter to concerned ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052065716/National/trade-deal-threat-still-on-table.html
EU Won’t Investigate Land Concessions—for Now
- 20 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Crop products and commodities / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / European Union aid / Exports / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Social development / Sugar / Trade
- Cambodian Government / Catherine Ashton / duty free goods / duty-free access / EBA / Economics / ELCs / EU / EU duty free access / EU foreign affairs representative / EU high representative for foreign affairs Catherine Ashton / EU high representative for security policy / EU high representative for security policy Catherine Ashton / EU trade commissioner / European Commission / European Council / European Council President Herman van Rompuy / European Parliament / European Union aid / European Union foreign affairs representative / European Union trade commissioner / Everything but Arms trade agreement / Everything but arms trade scheme / Everything But Arms Treaty / Exports / garment sector / garments / garments industry / Generalized System of Preferences / GSP / Herman Van Rompuy / Human Rights / Hun Sen / Karel De Gucht / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / Land titles / London / Prime Minister Hun Sen / RGC / Royal Government of Cambodia / sugar / sugar plantations / Surya Subedi / Tate & Lyle / Trade EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht / trade partners / U.N.’s special rapporteur on human rights to Cambodia Surya Subedi / UK / UN special rapporteur on human rights / UN special rapporteur on human rights to Cambodia / UN special rapporteur on human rights to Cambodia Surya Subedi / United Kingdom
The trade commissioner and foreign affairs representative of the European Union (E.U.) have turned down a request from 13 members of the European Parliament that they immediately investigate Cambodia’s much criticized economic land concessions, but said they were monitoring the issue closely. In a March letter ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eu-wont-investigate-land-concessions-for-now-25194/