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.
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 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.