Thailand Sees US Offering ‘Very Good’ Trade Deal After Ceasefire

Anwar Ibrahim, center, with Hun Manet, left, and Phumtham Wechayachai in Putrajaya on July 28.Photographer: Mohd Rasfan/Pool/AFP/Getty Images

Thailand expects the Trump administration to offer it a “very good” trade deal after agreeing to end an armed border conflict with Cambodia under a US-backed peace initiative, its Acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said.

Phumtham spoke to President Donald Trump hours after Thailand and Cambodia jointly announced an “immediate and unconditional” ceasefire. The US president lauded Thailand for agreeing to end the five-day old conflict, Phumtham told reporters late on Monday.