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9 - Top-Down Transitions and the Politics of US Sanctions

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The Business of Transition
Law Reform, Development and Economics in Myanmar
 , pp. 198 - 227
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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Laws (US)

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–161; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note).

Customs and Trade Act of 1990.

Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 1997 (Public Law 104–208).

International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1997 (IEEPA) (Public Law 95–223; 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).

National Emergencies Act (NEA) (Public Law 94–412; 50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).

Tom Lantos Block Burmese Junta’s Anti-Democratic Efforts (JADE) Act of 2008 (JADE Act) (Public Law 110–286; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note).

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