One year on, RCEP, CCFTA give momentum to Cambodia's trade growth in post-pandemic era

PHNOM PENH, Dec 24 (Xinhua): One year on, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade deal and the Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) have injected a vital impetus to Cambodia's trade growth in the post Covid-19 pandemic era, an official and experts said.

Cambodia's trade with RCEP member countries was valued at 24 billion U.S. dollars during the January-September period of 2022, up 11 percent year-on-year, while the kingdom's bilateral trade with China also increased in the past year, a government report showed.