Towards a New Trade Policy on Market Access for Myanmar

This research identifies a new trade policy and positive trade agenda for Myanmar, analyzing its position in the international trade arena and challenges and opportunities arising from EU FTAs with ASEAN members, RCEP and CPTPP. Myanmar is relatively a newcomer in the international trade scene after the lifting of sanctions in 2013. Yet, together with Cambodia, it is one of the few LDCs that has been able to dramatically increase exports exploiting the trading opportunities arising from trade preferences, especially those provided by the European Union under the Everything but Arms scheme (EBA).