Cambodia-US trade negotiations scheduled for May 14-15

A man shops for shoes from a Nike store at an outlet in Los Angeles, California on April 10, 2025. Trump on April 9 announced a 90-day pause on the most onerous new tariffs on imports to the United States for every country except China. Americans spend about $31 billion on sneaker brands with almost all sneakers in the US market coming from Asian countries of Vietnam, China, Indonesia and Cambodia, as Trump tariffs impose a new consumption tax of at least 42% on most inbound sneakers to the United States. - AFP

PHNOM PENH: Economists are optimistic that Cambodia will see positive outcomes from upcoming bilateral trade negotiations with the US, set to take place in Washington, D.C., on May 14–15.

On the morning of May 2, the Office of the Spokesperson of the Royal Government of Cambodia issued a press release stating that Sun Chanthol Deputy Prime Minister and first-vice president of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), and Cham Nimul, Minister of Commerce, led the AD Hoc Cambodia-US Bilateral Relations Coordination Working Group in a virtual conference with the US Trade Representative (USTR), led by Sarah Ellerman, assistant USTR for Southeast Asia and the Pacific.