Obama Drops Burma Sanctions

[boerumbiddy]

Just heard on the radio that the final trade barriers imposed on Burma have now been dropped because of progress toward democracy. This should make things easier for colored stone buyers!

 

[ElleK]

What?! Yay!

 

[ennui]

It will be nice to see jade and rubies back in the market.

 

[chroman]

We had a thread that they had announced their intentions a little while back:
https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/burmese-rubies-back-in-town.225585/

Have they signed the XO now to make it official?

 

[bcavitt]

It was signed 10/7/16 according to official sources.

https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/pages/burma.aspx