Name: Trump eases Cambodia-Thailand border tensions
Uploaded: 2025-11-15T19:06:40.914Z
Duration: 2 min 34 s
Description: U.S President Donald Trump says he has eased tensions between Cambodia and Thailand. A flare-up in hostilities earlier this week threatened the ceasefire he helped to broker. With the land border closed since July, many business owners say they are taking a financial hit.

U.S President Donald Trump says he has eased tensions between Cambodia and Thailand. A flare-up in hostilities earlier this week threatened the ceasefire he helped to broker. With the land border closed since July, many business owners say they are taking a financial hit.

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Tensions between Cambodia and Thailand have led to the closure of their shared land border, causing significant economic hardship for businesses and residents in the region. In October, both countries signed a peace agreement brokered by the U.S. and Malaysia, but recent accusations of new landmines by Thailand led to a pause in the agreement's implementation.

U.S. President Donald Trump stated he used tariffs to prevent further escalation, and the U.S. has suspended trade negotiations with Thailand until it recommits to the peace deal. The ongoing conflict has resulted in a near-total halt of exports, business closures, and a sharp decline in income for workers and traders on both sides of the border.

Trump eases Cambodia-Thailand border tensions

Just minutes from Thailand's border crossing with Cambodia, a family business more than four decades old, which exports household items to wholesalers in Cambodia. Its owners say after the land border closed in July, logistics costs have increased more than five times. As soon as the border closed, the sales seemed to become zero. And after a few months, let's say, we've been working on trying to find a new route, how to ship it out. In October, both countries signed an expanded peace agreement brokered by the U.S. and Malaysia. Both agreed to de-escalate the conflict. But earlier this week, tensions flared once again after Thailand accused Cambodia of laying new landmines and said it would pause implementing the terms of the peace agreement. In response to the latest skirmishes, U.S. President Donald Trump says he was able to stop a war with the use of tariffs. Thailand's foreign ministry says the U.S. will not continue trade negotiations until Bangkok reaffirms its commitment to the peace deal. With a sense of uncertainty over what comes next, the impact of the conflict is being felt not only by international exporters, but those who live at the border too. Since July this year, exports through the land border have plunged almost 100 percent. The reality for traders on both sides is bleak. With the border closed, the streets are quiet and many businesses have shut down. Once bustling border towns now see closed stores and empty hotels. The quieter times ushering in a difficult period for many. In Phuipet, Cambodia, Muan Srei Hung has run a hair salon for five years. Now there are fewer customers than ever. It's very challenging. I only earn about 20 percent of what I used to make each day. My income is just enough for food, nothing more. Hundreds of thousands of Cambodian workers in Thailand have left since the conflict began. There were many people before, Cambodians and locals. They could go anywhere and now they can't. He now earns about 90 cents a day, about 10 percent of what he used to make. Many here say it's hard to even imagine when the land border will reopen and when this conflict will end. Jessica Washington, Al Jazeera, Sagar Province, Thailand.

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