Europe’s ‘blood sugar’ – POLITICO

POLITICO (April 3, 2017) — In 2006, the Cambodian sugar industry was so negligible as to be non-existent. A decade on, it has grown into a multi-million dollar commercial enterprise — largely thanks to a European policy known as “Everything But Arms”

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — In 2006, the Cambodian sugar industry was so negligible as to be non-existent. A decade on, it has grown into a multi-million dollar commercial enterprise — largely thanks to a European policy known as “Everything But Arms” (EBA), which provides tariff-free access to the common market for exporters from the world’s least-developed nations. READ FULL ARTICLE ▶

Photo: A man carries sugarcanes along a street in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh | Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP via Getty Images

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