Bangkok and Phnom Penh welcomed on Friday the 19 percent trade tariff imposed by US President Donald Trump, a government spokesman said. Both countries averted a threatened levy of 36 percent. Trump ordered stiff tariffs on dozens of trading partners in an effort to reshape global trade in favor of the US economy.

Long-simmering tensions between Thailand and Cambodia escalated to deadly violence on July 24, setting off five days of military clashes at multiple spots along the roughly 800-kilometer (500 mile) border.

Reuters interviewed four people on both sides of the border to piece together the most detailed account of how the truce was achieved, including previously unreported Thai conditions for joining the talks and the extent of Chinese involvement in the process.