China and Cambodia sign FTA on heels of EU sanctions

With few details released, deal could be more symbolic than practical

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen attend a signing ceremony in Phnom Penh on Monday. 

SHAUN TURTON, Contributing Writer

PHNOM PENH -- China and Cambodia on Monday signed a free trade agreement at a ceremony in Phnom Penh attended by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

The FTA, Cambodia's first such bilateral deal, was completed after just three rounds of talks that started in January and finished in July. It is yet to be made public.

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