Britain eyes 5 bln USD trade volume with Cambodia by 2020: envoy

6 March 2014
Global Times
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CDC / Council for the Development of Cambodia / David Puttnam / Hang Choun Naron / Ministry of Commerce / Ministry of Education / Sun Chanthol / UK

British Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy David Puttnam said Thursday that the country looked to boost bilateral trade volume with Cambodia to $5 billion by 2020. “The bilateral trade between the UK and Cambodia reached $1 billion last year and we expect the trade volume will hit $5 billion by 2020,” he told reporters after a luncheon meeting with British businesspeople in Cambodia. … Britain is the fourth largest investor in Cambodia. According to the report of the Council for the Development of Cambodia, Cambodia had received Britain’s promised investment of $2.4 billion in the last two decades. …

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