‘Donald Trump highway’: how one China ally is courting US

January 5, 2026

Financial Times: Spooked by US tariffs and a border conflict with mightier neighbour Thailand, Cambodia is looking to repair relations that have been strained by China’s commanding influence in the south-east Asian country. Its efforts illustrate how smaller countries are trying to position themselves as the US president disrupts the global trade order and ratchets up tensions with China…