
Europe’s Duty-Free Access Bankrolls Myanmar’s Military Repression
Five years after the coup, foreign brands and the EU’s trade preferences continue to generate hard currency for a military regime waging war on its own people.
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Khaing Zar Aung is President of the Industrial Workers' Federation of Myanmar (IWFM).

Five years after the coup, foreign brands and the EU’s trade preferences continue to generate hard currency for a military regime waging war on its own people.

This is the author’s acceptance speech, receiving the Arthur Svensson Prize to promote trade-union rights in Oslo.

The EU should suspend trade preferences for Myanmar and end support for projects under the military regime.