Cambodia will nominate U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, its deputy prime minister said on Friday, following his direct intervention in halting the Southeast Asian country's recent border conflict with Thailand.

Cambodia floated plans Friday to nominate President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for working to broker a ceasefire agreement that helped the country end its border war with Thailand. “He should get the Nobel,

The US set a 19% levy on imports from Thailand and Cambodia, lower than the 36% they originally faced, after President Donald Trump threatened to block trade deals with them unless they ended a deadly border clash.