A European Union decision to ramp up trade pressure on Cambodia has alarmed unions in its garment industry, a pillar of the economy that employs about 700,000 people, but a key grouping of manufacturers said the risk would take months to materialise, Reuters reports. The EU told Cambodia earlier this month that it would lose its special access to the world’s largest trading bloc, and said it was considering similar trade sanctions for Myanmar, adding that it was ready to punish human rights abuses in both countries. Cambodia will be able to sustain the blow from the EU sanctions as the country’s exports to Japan, China and ASEAN countries are expected to further expand, writes Sheith Khidhir for The ASEAN Post.