Phnom Penh, July 8, 2025 (AFP) - Cambodian garment workers fret Trump's new tariff threat

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2025-07-08

As Cambodian garment workers took breaks from toiling in sweltering factories on Tuesday, they feared for their jobs after US President Donald Trump's threat to impose a 36 percent tariff. "I beg the US to reduce the tariff for the sake of workers in Cambodia," 38-year-old Im Sothearin told AFP as she rested from her work in an underwear factory in the capital Phnom Penh. "If they charge a high tariff, it is only workers who are going to suffer,"......

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