US lifts decades-long trade sanctions against Myanmar

Long-standing trade sanctions against Myanmar are to be lifted, US President Barack Obama has said. The news came as Myanmar’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, arrived in Washington on her first official visit. Myanmar’s access to trade benefits for poorer nations had been suspended in 1989 over human rights abuses. President Obama said […]

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Long-standing trade sanctions against Myanmar are to be lifted, US President Barack Obama has said. The news came as Myanmar’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, arrived in Washington on her first official visit. Myanmar’s access to trade benefits for poorer nations had been suspended in 1989 over human rights abuses. President Obama said […]

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