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Le président Bush a déclaré illégale toute importation aux Etats Unis de rubis et jadéite de Myanmar/Birmanie ; cette interdiction s'étend à toutes les pierres traitées dans des pays tiers .
A lire ICI
Article signé du 31 Juillet 2008
" Washington, D.C.—President Bush has signed off on legislation that makes it illegal for rubies and jadeite from Myanmar, including stones that were processed in third-party countries, to be imported into the United States...The "Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE Act of 2008," was signed by Bush on Tuesday and is to take effect 60 days later... The act is designed to diminish a funding source for Myanmar's ruling military junta, which profits from state-run gemstone auctions but has a long history of human rights violations. After the government's bloody crackdown against the nation's protesting Buddhist monks last year, Myanmar stones were dubbed "blood rubies" in the press.
The act includes an import ban on gemstones that were mined in Myanmar and were processed or otherwise underwent "substantial transformation," such as treatments, in third-party countries such as Thailand. This extra restriction closes a U.S. Customs loophole that was allowing the Myanmar-originating stones into this country, despite the fact that federal law has banned them since 2003."
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