[Vietnamization] High shippings costs hampering Cambodia rice exports

Background:

The Vietnamization of Kampuchea: A New Model of Colonialism

The Unequal Exchange

        

It is within this new institutional framework that the Vietnamese are asserting their hold over the economy and future of Kampuchea.  Fisheries, rubber and rice are the three main sectors affected by what should be termed theUnequal Exchange between Vietnam and Kampuchea.

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High shippings costs hampering Cambodia rice exports

Rice exporters in Cambodia say high port and container-related costs undermine their competitiveness with neighboring rivals and derail efforts to hit sales and export targets for the strategic rice exporting sector.

 JOC | 10 November 2015