"Paris is blocking sanctions on Bur

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"Paris is blocking sanctions on Burma"


(Published on the Frontpage - in Dutch - in the NRC Handelsblad, biggest
business newspaper in the Netherlands, translation BCN)


Rotterdam, 15 July. Frane is blocking more strict economic sanctions by the
European Union against the military regime in the Asian country Burma. "The
large majority of the Council of Ministers is in favor of tougher measures
against Burma. France however has been bought by the economic interest of
Total." So states Hanja Maij-Weggen, chair of the Dutch Christian Democrats
in the European Parliamant.
In the United States of America,  Dutch company  IHC Caland, that struck a
deal on Monday with Premier to deliver a floating oil-storage tank in
Burma, has been placed on the black list of companies doing business with
thejunta. The Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC), an
independent information service in Washington, had in a newsletter in May
of this year already noticed that IHC had a representative in Rangoon. In
the United States there is a large group of activists working against
companies with contracts in Burma.
The European Parliament is debating on Thursday on Burma. IHC Caland, a
subcontracter of a British oil company, is going to build an oilstorage
tank at the coast of Burma. "Decent companies would not invest in Burma,"
says Maij. Maij is further apalled by a letter of the European Commission
about Burma. European Commissionair Brittan last week has distanced himself
from the Massachusetts Burma law, prohibiting the state from having
contracts with companies doing business in Burma. The position of
Massachusetts would, writes Brittan, would inhibit the co-operation between
the USA and the EU.


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