US suspends all trade engagement with Myanmar

United States is immediately suspending all engagement with Myanmar under a 2013 trade and investment agreement until the return of a democratically elected government.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021

Recently, the Myanmar military has grabbed power in a coup – the third time in the nation’s history since its independence from British rule in 1948.

A one-year state of emergency has been imposed and democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained.

‘Coup’ is generally described as a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.

Myanmar, also known as Burma, is in South East Asia and neighbours Thailand, Laos, Bangladesh, China and India. The main religion is Buddhism. There are many ethnic groups in the country, including Rohingya Muslims.