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We’ll stop targeting police when EU guarantees force has stopped oppressing Arakanese civilians, group says
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The directive, known as RED II, aims to stop the use of crops that cause deforestation in transportation fuel by 2030.
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Southeast Asian nations benefit from Brussels’ role as a counterweight to major powers in the region
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Brussels began a formal procedure in October to strip the country’s special trade status over concerns for human rights, democracy and rule of law.
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"Thailand's fishing industry at all levels has a responsibility to the environment and the world,” a Thai military government spokesperson told Reuters.
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The EU said Thailand has amended its fisheries legal framework in line with international law and improved monitoring and surveillance, but the ILO says workers remain at risk.
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Asia
China has watched Brexit nervously, worried not only about potential market turmoil from a disorderly departure but about losing Britain's support for free trade within the EU.
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Cambodia's Parliament is reviewing a five-year ban on more than 100 members of the main opposition party following threats by the EU to deny the country duty-free trade access.
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Burma
Launched in 2015, the Durable Peace Program has been funding NGOs to help the thousands of families displaced by the civil war in Myanmar's northeast.
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Members of Brussels’ monitoring mission have met with a united front from politicians, union leaders and businesspeople as they investigate rights and labor conditions here.
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Burma
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Burma
The fresh sanctions come four months after the EU imposed the same asset freezes and travel bans on seven top members of the military and security forces.
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Burma
Vast majority of country’s 500,000 garment workers toil in factories supplying Europe
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With UN General Assembly looming, calls for sanctions are likely to continue, many local experts and politicians believe.
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