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USTR Suspends Trade Engagement with Burma following Military Coup and Violence against Civilians

USTR Suspends Trade Engagement with Burma following Military Coup and Violence against Civilians 03/29/2021 WASHINGTON – United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai today announced the suspension of all U.S. engagement with Burma under the 2013 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA), effective immediately. This suspension will remain in effect until the return of a democratically …

By U.S. Mission Burma | 30 March, 2021 | Topics: Business, Commercial Affairs, News, Policy, Trade | Tags: 2013 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement, TIFA, Trade and Investment Framework Agreement, USTR Suspends Trade Engagement with Burma

Strengthening the U.S.-Mekong Partnership

FACT SHEET OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON AUGUST 2, 2019 The Mekong Matters to America The Mekong region – Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam – is strategically important to the United States. The region is a focus of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy, and integral to our engagement with ASEAN. The United States aims to …

By U.S. Mission Burma | 7 August, 2019 | Topics: East Asia & Pacific, News, Policy | Tags: Fact Sheet, U.S.-Mekong Partnership

DHS Announces Implementation of Visa Sanctions on Burma and Laos

As of July 9, 2018, the U.S. Embassy in Rangoon, Burma has discontinued issuing all B1 and B2 nonimmigrant visas for current officials at the Director General level and above from the Burmese Ministry of Labor, Immigration, and Population (MOLIP), and Home Affairs (MOHA) and all of their children under 21 and spouses, with limited …

By U.S. Mission Burma | 11 July, 2018 | Topics: Consular Affairs, Immigrant Visas, News, Non Immigrant Visas, Policy | Tags: DHS, Implementation of Visa Sanctions

2017 Trade Policy Agenda and 2016 Annual Report

The 2017 Trade Policy Agenda and 2016 Annual Report of the President of the United States on the Trade Agreements Program are submitted to the Congress pursuant to Section 163 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2213). Chapter II and Annex II of this document meet the requirements of Sections 122 …

By U.S. Mission Burma | 2 March, 2017 | Topics: News, Official Reports, Policy, President of the United States,, Trade | Tags: 2016 Trade Policy Report, 2017 Trade Policy Agenda, Donald J. Trump,

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