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According to relevant media reports, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a statement on April 21, announcing that the U.S. once again added two Myanmar state-owned enterprises controlled by the head of the Myanmar military government, Myanmar National Timber Enterprise (MTE) and Myanmar Pearl Enterprise (MPE) imposes sanctions.

The US Department of the Treasury stated in a statement that at present, two entity state-owned enterprises in Myanmar have been added to the SDN (specially designated nationals) list by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the Ministry of the Treasury, and stated that these two enterprises are both the Myanmar Army. One of the government’s main sources of revenue, “the Myanmar military government receives a large amount of funds from state-owned enterprises in the natural resources sector.” The US Treasury Department’s action is dedicated to taking measures against this specific funding channel and strengthening the coup and continuing efforts of the Myanmar military. The responsibility of the person responsible for the violence.

The statement added that the sanctions were approved under US Executive Order 14014, which blocked property related to the Myanmar coup.

Prior to this, the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Treasury Department issued a statement on April 8 stating that they imposed sanctions on Myanmar's state-owned enterprise Gem Company (MGE), which is run by the head of the Myanmar military government.

In addition to the government crackdown on Myanmar, according to relevant media reports, the U.S. International Trade Commission issued an announcement on its official website, officially ruling that mattresses imported from China, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam It has caused substantial damage to the domestic mattress industry in the United States.

Previously, the US Department of Commerce ruled that the sales price of mattresses imported from Cambodia and other seven countries in the US domestic market was lower than its fair value, while mattresses imported from China received subsidies from the Chinese government.

What message did these successive actions of the United States reveal? Will it continue to strengthen barriers? I don't know for the time being, I can only wait and see.