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However, the US re-imposed targeted sanctions following the 2017 Rohingya genocide [4] and the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, [5] focusing on individuals involved in atrocities to prevent ineffective sanctions or sanctions that would diminish US influence in Myanmar.
President Barack Obama nominated Derek Mitchell to serve as US Ambassador to Myanmar. [57] [58] In July 2012 the United States formally reduced sanctions against Myanmar. [59] and "targeted easing" of sanctions allowing minor US investment. [59] In 2013, Thein Sein visited the US White House to discuss Myanmar's reforms with President Obama.
The United States has imposed two-thirds of the world's sanctions since the 1990s. [1] In 2024, the Washington Post said that the United States imposed "three times as many sanctions as any other country or international body, targeting a third of all nations with some kind of financial penalty on people, properties or organizations". [2]
The sanctions are the latest the Western governments have imposed on Myanmar’s military regime, after the army seized power from the elected civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb. 1, 2021.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Wednesday slapped further sanctions on Myanmar, marking the three-year anniversary of the coup as Washington targeted two entities and several people it ...
Myanmar has been plunged in turmoil since the military seized power from an elected government in a 2021 coup, which sparked financial sanctions imposed on the military, banks and other associated ...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Washington should impose sanctions on a Myanmar bank being used to circumvent existing U.S. restrictions, advocates said, urging the outgoing Biden administration to cut off ...