11 February 2021
Biden approves expanded Myanmar sanctions
by Jon Grevatt
US President Joe Biden said on 10 February that he has approved a new executive order introducing new and expanded sanctions on Myanmar military leaders responsible for the coup d’état that occurred in the country in early February.
Biden said in a White House briefing that the new directive would place restrictions on the military leaders and their assets and tighten US controls on exports to the Southeast Asian nation, which is also known as Burma. He added that the US government would formally identify sanction targets in a few days.
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