The European Union and Myanmar
The European Union and Myanmar

Author: Ludovica Marchi

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-08-16

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13: 0429941307

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This book analyses European foreign policy as the activity of the European Union (EU) as a global actor and explores its efforts to raise its visibility in Southeast Asia through its relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Myanmar. Contributors examine the EU’s engagement in a process of dynamic consolidation of its relationship with Asia and the Pacific region. They shed light on how interregional relations with ASEAN and interactions with Myanmar can be viewed as a perfect opportunity to promote the EU’s presence in the region. Chapters examine the EU’s efforts to inspire Myanmar to connect with security cooperation and Myanmar’s engagement with the EU to diversify its foreign relations with China. The book also explores the extent to which the EU has failed regarding the Rohingya crisis and whether the EU’s effort to support the peace process in Myanmar has been beneficial. A timely and important contribution to the growing literature on the EU’s role in the world and its relations with East and Southeast Asia, this book will be of interest to academics in the field of International Relations, European Politics and Foreign Policy, Comparative Regionalism, East Asian and Southeast Asian Studies.

The European Commission Delegation to Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Thailand
The European Commission Delegation to Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Thailand

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Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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The official web site of the European Commission's representative in Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, the Lao PDR, Malaysia and Thailand, offering information about the delegation's activities and news of current events. The delegation, based in Bangkok, maintains regular contacts with national authorities for matters such as trade, economic co-operation and technical assistance, and is also one of the main sources of information on the European Union. Much of the delegation's work lies in managing European Union-funded projects, which involves co-operating closely with governments, non-governmental organizations, business groups and private associations. Such projects have been established in many areas including education, health, rural development and economic co-operation.

EU Assistance to Myanmar/Burma
EU Assistance to Myanmar/Burma

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9789287289742

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We examined EU development support to Myanmar/Burma and concluded that it had been partially effective. The EU played a leading role in supporting development priorities and allocated significant funding to the country. However, we report on shortcomings in the Commission's assessment of needs and in the implementation of EU assistance. On the basis of the observations in this report, the Court formulates a number of recommendations designed to improve the management of the development aid.

Burma, Time for Change
Burma, Time for Change

Author: Council on Foreign Relations. Independent Task Force on Burma

Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13:

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A genuine democracy movement lives in Burma, but it continues to be brutally suppressed by the ruling military government. In 1990, the National League for Democracy (NLD)-led by Aung San Suu Kyi-won 82 percent of the seats in a multiparty parliamentary election. The regime ignored the elections and the democratically elected representatives never took office. Aung San Suu Kyi, who was imprisoned after violent government-orchestrated attacks on democracy supporters on May 30, 2003, has spent more than half of the past fourteen years under house arrest. Burma remains one of the most tightly controlled dictatorships in the world. Recognizing that democracy and the NLD cannot survive in Burma without the help of the United Sates and the international community, the Council-sponsored Independent Task Force on Burma sounds a clarion call for change. In response to the governments recent crackdown on the democratic opposition, the Task Force urges the United Nations to call for the immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners, and to impose sanctions on Burma, including bans both on new investment in Burma and on the importation of goods produced in Burma. The Task Force report also offers specific recommendations for U.S. policy in four areas: humanitarian assistance; promoting democracy, human rights and the rule of law; narcotics control policy; and refugees, migrants, and internally displaced persons. Led by Mathea Falco, president of Drug Strategies and former assistant secretary of state for international narcotics matters, this bipartisan Task Force comprises members with a wide range of experience in international business, law, government, media, academia, publichealth, and human rights advocacy, among other areas. Its recommendations are intended to inform U.S. government action as well as to increase U.S. cooperation with other countries, especially in Asia, to bring about a long overdue political, economic, and social transformation of Burma.

Whither Myanmar’s Garment Sector?
Whither Myanmar’s Garment Sector?

Author: Nick J. Freeman

Publisher: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute

Published: 2019-03-14

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 9814843628

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The EU has threatened to suspend Generalized Scheme of Preferences (GSP) status for Myanmar, under which the country’s exports can enter Europe without any tariffs or quotas. The official reason cited by the EU is a growing concern over human rights violations and issues around labour rights in Myanmar. If this threat were to be carried out, the business sector that will be most affected is Myanmar’s burgeoning garment sector, which employs around 700,000 people, most of whom are women. The principal worry in Myanmar is that if EU buyers and brands have to start paying tariffs to import Myanmar-made garments, then they will opt to shift their sourcing to other countries. Without GSP, Myanmar’s garment exports may no longer be price competitive. As one of the few manufacturing sectors in Myanmar to employ semi-skilled women, many of whom migrated from poor rural areas, the garment sector has come to play an important socioeconomic role in the country. Whether or not the EU decides to withdraw GSP status, Myanmar’s garment sector faces a number of challenges. How Myanmar’s policymakers and garment industry leaders respond to global industry trends will be just as important, in the long run, in determining the sector’s commercial sustainability.