US fines firms trying to evade Donald Trump’s tariffs
Several companies have been exporting goods via a China-owned special economic zone in Cambodia
19 June 2019 - 12:22
Phnom Penh — The US has fined several companies for exporting goods via a China-owned special economic zone in Cambodia in a bid to dodge President Donald Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports, a US embassy official told Reuters on Wednesday.
Earlier in June, Vietnam's customs department said it had also found scores of cases of exporters illegally re-labelling Chinese goods as “Made in Vietnam” in order to avoid tariffs imposed as a result of the ongoing US-China trade war...
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