PHNOM PENH -- The U.S. government has announced it is assessing whether to help finance a nearly-completed airport near the Cambodian capital, a move that comes amid growing tariff tensions between the two countries, the halting of virtually all of Washington's aid to Phnom Penh and only weeks after Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the Southeast Asian nation.
International relations
US assesses financial support for construction of Cambodia airport
Move comes despite bilateral tariff and aid funding tensions
An artist's impression of Phnom Penh's Techo Takhmao International Airport, the first phase of which is scheduled to open on July 10. (Screenshot from Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation's website)
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