In September 2016, following Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to Washington DC, President Obama announced the full lifting of the last major economic sanctions imposed on Myanmar, as contained in the US Department of the Treasury’s ‘Specially Designated Nationals’ (SDN) List.
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