US President Donald Trump had said that if Thailand and Cambodia did not stop the war, trade would be stopped from both countries.
US President Donald Trump has warned that Thailand and Cambodia will not make a business agreement if the war did not stop. During the visit to Scotland, the US President has said in a social media post that he wants the end of the war going on at this time. Also warned that if the southeast Asian governments are still fighting, then they will not make a business agreement with them. Let us know what America buys from Thailand and Cambodia? How much does both countries benefit from America?
The US has expressed a desire for mediation amid the ongoing war between Thailand and Cambodia. The US President has said that people are going to go to war. It should be stopped immediately. On the social media platform, Trump said that we are talking on the trade agreement with these two countries (Thailand and Cambodia). In the circumstances of war, we are not in a position to move forward on the agreement. Trump has said that like Cambodia, Thailand also wants a ceasefire. At present, both countries have been released on stopping war.
What does America buy from Thailand?
Thailand benefits a lot from America. Only between January 2025 and May 2025, the US has imported US $ 31,213.9 million goods from Thailand. In the same period, the US exports to Thailand to be only $ 8492. At the same time, in 2024, the US imported US $ 63349.6 million from Thailand to Thailand. During this period, he exported $ 17,857 million.
As far as items are concerned from Thailand, America asks machinery from there. This includes industrial machinery as well as equipment and parts. Apart from this, Thailand is a major rubber productive country. America also imports rubber from there. Apart from this, America also imports many types of industrial and consumer chemicals from there. Thailand’s name is also included in petroleum exporting countries, from where the US asks for crude oil. Apart from these, America also imports clothes, steel, electronics, plastic, jewelry, foods and other items from Thailand.
The US asks for many things including electronics from Thailand.
America’s business relations with Cambodia are very good
America’s business relations with Cambodia are also very good and quite old. Since January 1960, America’s business data has been updated with Cambodia every month. In recent years, business relations between them have become stronger and it has seen an increase. In 2024, the US and Cambodia had a trade of US $ 10.18 billion, which is 11.2 per cent higher than last year (2023). Anyway, the US is Cambodia’s largest export market and in 2024, 37.9 per cent of the total exports of Cambodia were sent to the US, the total value of which was $ 9.92 billion.
On the other hand, exports from America to Cambodia are very low. Despite this, it has seen an increase. In 2024, the US exported $ 321.6 million to Cambodia. It saw an increase of 4.9 percent as compared to 2023.
America has trade relations with both Thailand and Cambodia.
Cambodia benefits so much from America
The goods that America sources from Cambodia include clothes, travel items like suitcases etc., shoes, natural rubber and fish. At the same time, vehicles, animal feed and digital services are mainly exported to Cambodia from America. The US also imports textiles and solar panels from Cambodia. According to a report by Fibre2Fashion, in 2024, the export of clothes from Cambodia to the US increased by 24 per cent and reached $ 9.791 billion. It had a participation of 37.37 percent in Cambodia’s total foreign income. In such a situation, if the threat of Trump had shown the effect, then the economy of these two countries would have had a direct impact.
The US imports several things including solar panels from Cambodia.
Trump has announced so much tariff
However, after assuming power in America for the second time, Donald Trump had announced a tax of 49 per cent on all the items to be sought from Cambodia. On April 2, 2025, Trump announced this and fixed the date of implementation of it on 9 April 2025. The Trump administration then claimed that Cambodia collects 97 percent tariffs on goods to be sought from the US.
In such a situation, the tariff imposed by the US is half compared to this. However, Trump had announced tariffs on countries around the world one by one and after this, one by one, one by one is making a fresh trade agreement with different countries. In this series, the US administration is discussing a fresh trade agreement with Cambodia as well as Thailand.
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