Cambodia International Political Economy

John Negroponte, US Deputy Secretary of State, is planning to sign a Cambodia trade deal on his visit to the country next week according to Xinhua News.

The focus of the Cambodia trade agreement with the US is agriculture and industry.

Official statistics indicate that Cambodia trade with the US is up in the first half of 2008 with apparel exports totaling $1.16 billion up from last years $1.3 billion.