US traders skirt law to import Myanmar teak

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** US traders skirt law to import Myanmar teak ([link removed])
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EIA has named 12 US timber firms importing teak from Myanmar since the start of the 2021 coup in the new report Acts of Defiance II. A redacted version of the report was published in December, with the 12 named separately to US authorities. Forests Campaign Leader Faith Doherty said: “It’s no secret what’s happening and it’s not complicated – but without action, it’s no wonder US-based traders blithely continue to import Myanmar’s blood teak when they know there will be no consequences for them.”
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