US Trade Sanctions on Burma: American Efforts at Global Democratization
3/6/2022 Memo 1 To: Andrea Gacki, Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control From: USFP Group 1 Foreign Policy Re: Further Myanmar Trade Sanctions Issue: US Trade Sanctions on Burma (Myanmar) Executive Summary Since February 1st, 2021, following a coup, a radical military regime has halted the democratic consolidation of Burma, and wreaked havoc on the Burmese people, detaining around 10,000 and killing around 1,500. The coup occurred following a general election in which Aung San Suu Kyi won by a landslide, but the military opposition demanded a recount, however the election committee found no evidence of fraud to support these claims. Military commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing took power following the coup.(1) For the past year, the conditions in Burma under the forced military regimes rule have left citizens feeling trapped and unsafe in their own country. Due to the horrific violence being enacted by the illegitimate government, which has derailed the democratizati...