AKP Phnom Penh, February 24, 2025 --

Cambodia will host the 37th ASEAN-U.S. Dialogue in Siem Reap  province, home to the famous Angkor temples in April, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation’s news release.

This important meeting will be held on April 21-22, 2025 to strengthen the cooperation under the ASEAN-U.S. Comprehensive Strategic Partnership as Cambodia is the Country Coordinator of ASEAN-U.S. Dialogue Relation 2024-2027, it added.

The news release was issued on Friday last week after H.E. Kung Phoak, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and ASEAN SOM Leader of Cambodia, received a courtesy call by Ms. Kate Rebholz, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the U.S. Mission to ASEAN at ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia.

According to the Office of the United States Trade Representative, the U.S. has a robust trade and investment relationship with the ten countries that comprise the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
U.S. goods trade with ASEAN totaled an estimated US$476.8 billion in 2024. U.S. goods exports to ASEAN in 2024 were US$124.6 billion, up 16.6 percent from 2023.
U.S. goods imports from ASEAN totaled US$352.3 billion in 2024, up 13.3 percent from 2023. The U.S. goods trade deficit with ASEAN was US$227.7 billion in 2024, a 11.6 percent increase  over 2023.

By Heng Panha