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BEIJING, April 20 Chinese trade data gave a mixed snapshot of neighbour Myanmar’s ability to keep up metal shipments in March amid unrest after February’s coup, with flows of nickel pig iron (NPI) dwindling to almost nothing but those of copper doubling month-on-month.
With Chinese firms directly involved in Myanmar metals mining, imports of stainless steel raw material NPI from the Southeast Asian country were just 298 tonnes last month, data from China’s customs showed on Tuesday. That was a 90 per cent slump from February and down 94 per cent year-on-year, marking the lowest monthly total since April 2019.
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EU sanctions 10 Myanmar junta officials, 2 firms
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Protests have been held across Myanmar for months
The EU hopes new sanctions against Myanmar will force the country s ruling military junta to the negotiating table, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Monday.
Maas was speaking after a virtual meeting of his EU counterparts in which the bloc decided to slap new measures on the southeast Asian nation.
They affected 10 officials and two companies linked to the crackdown that has seen more than 700 people lose their lives. Watch video 03:49
Is Myanmar s junta growing more confident of its grip on power? The military regime is continuing its course of violence and maneuvering the country into a dead end. That is why we are increasing the pressure to bring the military to the negotiating table, Maas said.