Burma - Country Commercial Guide
Trade Agreements
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Burma has signed and ratified bilateral investment agreements with China, India, Japan, South Korea, Laos, the Philippines, and Thailand. It has also signed bilateral investment agreements with Israel and Vietnam, although those have not yet entered into force.  

Burma does not have a bilateral investment treaty or a free trade agreement with the United States. In March 2021, the United States suspended the bilateral Trade and Investment Framework Agreement in response to the February 2021 coup. 

Through its membership in ASEAN, Burma is also a party to the ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement, as well as to the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement, the ASEAN-Korea Free Trade Agreement, and the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement, all of which contain an investment chapter that provides protection standards to qualifying foreign investors. 

Burma also has border trade agreements with Bangladesh, India, China, Laos, and Thailand.  Burma does not have a bilateral taxation treaty with the United States. Burma has an Avoidance of Double Taxation Agreements with the United Kingdom, Singapore, India, Malaysia, Vietnam, and South Korea.