柬埔寨将于2029年脱离最不发达国家行列

[来源: CIR] [分类提示: NEWS] 标题: Opinion: Cambodia’s LDC Graduation – International Partnerships Still Matter By Him Vatana and Try Chhaytith Cambodia is set to graduate from Least Developed Country (LDC) status on 19 December 2029, following two reviews by the United Nations Committee for Development Policy in 2021 and 2024.  Having been categorized as an LDC since 1991, Cambodia’s graduation is a milestone, as it ensures an adequate political environment and the implementation of major reforms in legal and policy planning and enforcement, alongside support from international partners. LDC graduation is not a finish line, but a test of whether Cambodia’s economy can compete and stay resilient without trade preferences.  Amid global and regional uncertainties ranging from intensifications of US-China competition, global economic slowdown, and discontents of globalization, it is important that Cambodia continues to enhance partnership with international partners to broaden spaces for its economic development post-LDC graduation.  LDC Graduation Impacts on Cambodia For more than three decades, through duty-free and quota-free (DFQF) access to developed countries under the European Union’s Everything But Arms initiative, the backbone of the economy has transformed from traditional agriculture to low-labor-intensive industry. The garment, footwear, and travel goods (GFT) industry, bicycles and other cycles, electrical equipment and metal products, and agricultural goods — particularly rice — have transformed