Lessons for Cambodia from Trans-Pacific Partnership

Opinion piece in the Cambodia Daily, by Sok Lor, Managing Director of Sok Xing & Hwang: Whether Cambodia seeks to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in the future will depend on a host of factors and require a careful analysis of obligations, benefits and drawbacks. Yet, a review of the labor provisions of the recently-released TPP text offers insights and lessons into the expectations and labor conditions of the landmark pact, and reveals that Cambodia is relatively competitive in terms of its own labor standards vis-a-vis the provisions under the pact. Read more >>