International relationsEU weighs softer stance toward Cambodia over human rights
Official says ending trade preferences will impoverish already-poor workers
A Cambodian woman works at a loom: The European Union will soon complete a review of human rights in the Southeast Asian country that could make it ineligible for trade preferences. © Getty Images
DAVID HUTT, Contributing writer
November 3, 2019 14:24 JST
BRUSSELS -- A push to exclude Cambodia from a European Union preferential trade deal may be fading following a flurry of lobbying by Cambodian trade bodies and politicians, and after several Central and Eastern European member-states said they will advocate on its behalf.