United States, European Union and United Kingdom Intensify Sanctions on Burma | White & Case LLP
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On March 25, 2021, the United States imposed sanctions on Myanma Economic Holdings Public Company Limited ("MEHL") and Myanmar Economic Corporation Limited ("MEC"), Burma's two largest military conglomerates. 1 On the same day, the United Kingdom announced sanctions on MEHL. On April 8, the United States imposed sanctions on Myanma Gems Enterprise ("MGE"), a Burmese state-owned entity responsible for all gemstone activities in Burma, 2 and on April 9 the United States introduced further export controls on Burma. 3 These sanctions fo...