Companies deny claims of US fines for transshipping goods to China
US embassy spokesperson says firms inside the China-owned Sihanoukville special economic zone in Cambodia attempted to avoid tariffs
21 June 2019 - 09:16
Phnom Penh — A China-owned special economic zone in Cambodia has denied that its firms have been fined by the US for transhipping goods from China in a bid to dodge US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports.
US embassy spokesperson Arend Zwartjes told Reuters in an e-mailed statement on Wednesday that the department of homeland security had inspected and fined a number of companies inside the Sihanoukville special economic zone (SSEZ) for transhipping goods through it to avoid the tariffs...
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