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COUNTRY PORTRAIT | by Phnom TiensuwanBOOMING CAMBODIA A DRAWFavourable trade status with the West, geographical proximity and a rapidly growing economy and infrastructure make this ASEAN partner a potentially lucrative manufacturing base, says Cambodian Minister of Commerce Sun ChanthoSlFOR THAI INVESTORSun Chanthol has a close affinityto Thailand. Before moving back to Cambodia in the 1990s, the Har- vard graduate worked as an executive at General Electric in the US for 16 years and was also based in Thailand for several years. His children studiedat International School Bangkok (ISB) and his daughter was born at Bumrungrad Hospital. Thailand has a place in his heart and he sees Thais and Cambodians as “cousins”.But the trade volume between the two neighbours raises some questionsElite+ 15