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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts) Thu Jul 12, 2012, 05:05 AM Jul 2012

Burma sanctions: Obama lifts restrictions on US firms

Source: BBC News

US President Barack Obama has announced that US companies will now be allowed to "responsibly do business in Burma".

He enacted promises given last month to ease investment restrictions but he warned that the US remained "deeply concerned" over a lack of transparency.

Mr Obama was rewarding the Burmese government for its recent reforms and release of political prisoners.

Burmese President Thein Sein urged Western countries to scrap all sanctions against his country.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18798162

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Burma sanctions: Obama lifts restrictions on US firms (Original Post) dipsydoodle Jul 2012 OP
Turn Than Shwe over to an impartial court to try him for crimes against the Burmese people Suji to Seoul Jul 2012 #1
another pool of cheap labor for the multi-nationals madrchsod Jul 2012 #2
Yep, with China's middle class growing... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2012 #3
 

Suji to Seoul

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1. Turn Than Shwe over to an impartial court to try him for crimes against the Burmese people
Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 06:55 AM
Jul 2012

and maybe some of us will accept your "urging," President Thein Sein.

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