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ការ​មាន​កិច្ចព្រមព្រៀង​ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម​សេរី​ (FTA)​ ជាមួយ​ដៃគូ​ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម​កាន់តែ​ច្រើន​អាច​ជួយ​កាត់​បន្ថយ​ការ​ខាតបង់​របស់​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​ពី​ការ​ដក​ជា​ផ្នែក​នៃ​ប្រព័ន្ធ​អនុគ្រោះ​ពន្ធ​អ្វី​គ្រប់យ៉ាង​លើកលែងតែ​សព្វាវុធ​ (EBA)​ ខណៈ​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​នេះ​បាន​សម្រេច​បាន​កិច្ចព្រមព្រៀង​ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម​សេរី​ជាមួយ ...

​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​ ២​ ខែមិថុនា​ សមាគម​រោងចក្រ​កាត់ដេរ​នៅ​កម្ពុជា​ សមាគម​ស្បែកជើង​កម្ពុជា​ ​ និង​សភាពាណិជ្ជកម្ម​អឺរ៉ុប​នៅ​កម្ពុជា​ បាន​ស្នើ​សុំ​ឱ្យ​គណៈកម្មការ​អឺរ៉ុប​ពន្យារពេល​ដក​ការ​អនុគ្រោះ​ពន្ធ​អ្វី​ទាំងអស់​លើកលែងតែ​អាវុធ​”​ (EBA)​ ។​ ...

​ការិយាល័យ​បេសកកម្ម​សហភាព​អឺរ៉ុប​បាន​ប្រកាស​ថា​ ស្នងការ​ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម​សហភាព​អឺរ៉ុប​ លោក​ Karel​ de​ Gucht​ នឹង​ធ្វើ​ទស្សនកិច្ច​មក​ប្រទេស​ កម្ពុជា​ នៅ​ក្នុង​ស​ប្តា​ហ៍​នេះ​ដើម្បី​ជួប​ជាមួយ​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួង​ ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម​ លោក​ ស៊ុន​ ចាន់​ថុ​ល​ ខណៈ​ក្រុម​អង្គការសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស​សង្ឃឹមថា​ បញ្ហា​រំលោភ​យក ...

More than 55,000 people have joined an online petition set up by a pair of French nongovernment groups urging the European Union (E.U.) to immediately launch an investigation into local sugar plantations accused of illegally evicting hundreds of Cambodian families. At the center of the dispute ...

While exports of Cambodian rice have been booming, analysts are predicting that new competition from Myanmar could eventually rain on the parade. Cambodia exported nearly 176,000 tonnes of rice in the first six months of the year, a 125 per cent increase from the same period ...

Despite criticisms over safety, outbreaks of sometimes violent industrial action and a raise in the minimum wage that it was warned would scare off manufacturers, Cambodia’s garment sector is booming, according to government figures. A report on state newswire Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) on Friday said ...

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 ...

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 ...

Satiating the demands of the global sugar industry is big business for Cambodia’s sugarcane plantations. Yet accusations of human rights abuses and land grabs in the Kingdom have left a bitter aftertaste for many on the ground as companies vie for a larger slice of ...

Cambodia’s exports to the European Union (E.U.) grew to $2.32 billion in 2012, a 23 percent increase compared to the previous year, according to the E.U.’s latest trade figures. The figures, released this week by the European Commission’s trade office, testify to the region’s growing role ...

The European Union (E.U.) last year continued to import millions of dollars worth of duty-free sugar from Cambodian plantations that have forced hundreds of families off their land despite calls from European lawmakers for the trade benefits to end, according to the latest E.U. data. Thailand’s ...

Dotted with rice fields flanked by palm trees, Cambodia’s southeastern province of Kampong Speu is nothing short of picturesque. But behind the idyllic exterior is an on-going struggle to turn this region’s natural beauty into a global attraction and improve the lot of poor local farmers, ...

Cambodia’s footwear industry has experienced significant growth over the past five years, with the number of factories doubling, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce. Meanwhile, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has announced it will monitor and report on footwear factories. As of November, 45 ...

Nean Narin, a humble man and father of three children, says his family is going hungry. Narin lives in the village of Boeung Kak, situated on the edge of Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh. For years, he and other villagers relied on the Boeung Kak Lake ...

Cambodia’s export business is in the process of changing due to shifts in manufacturing in Asia. A business publication in the country has reported unexpected growth in the “machinery and transport equipment” sector and speculated it was as [sic] “probably bicycles.” But when Cambodia jumped ...

Capital Rice Ltd, Thailand’s third-largest rice exporter, is shifting some of its business to Cambodia as the Thai market shrinks because of government intervention that has diverted grain into state stockpiles or made it too expensive to ship. “We have built a medium-sized milling house in ...

The European Parliament, representing one of the country’s largest donors, on Friday called for a moratorium on forced evictions, an overhaul of elections and even went so far as to suggest to the European Union that it suspend tariff-free imports of agricultural goods linked to ...

Khon Kaen Sugar Industry KSL.BK, Thailand’s fourth largest sugar producer, expects revenue could grow as much as a fifth next year, fuelled by expansion and a bumper sugarcane crop in 2012/13, the company’s chief executive said on Monday Chalush said sugar production from factories in Laos ...

The evictions and so-called “land grabs” have angered aid donors, putting at stake hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign aid as well as a trade scheme that gives Cambodian produce tariff-free access to the EU. International donors and lenders such as the World Bank ...

Vietnamese rice exporters will face tough competition from foreign countries looking to exploit advantages that Cambodia presents as a beneficiary of the the EBA (Everything But Arms) initiative, says an Econet report. Under the EBA, Cambodia, as a least-developed-country, enjoys zero tariffs and no quotas ...

The European Union has said that it has no plans to suspend Cambodia’s duty-free trade access even though there have been concerns over land evictions as a result of economic land concessions. The EU is seeking that human rights are not the cost of trade ...

Cambodian exporters ought to make further use of tariff-free entry to the European Union, particularly given loosened regulations governing rule of origin, EU officials said at a trade seminar yesterday. Least Developed Countries such as the Kingdom could export to the EU duty and quota ...

Rights groups have alleged that villagers are being pushed off their land to make way for sugar plantations by companies such as LYP Group, owned by Senator Ly Young Phat. The issue was raised with the Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomuoja and the Minister for ...