CNN
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For most world leaders, tariff letters from US President Donald Trump mean a big headache. But for one Southeast Asian general, the communique is being spun as welcome recognition of the embattled, isolated and reviled junta he leads.
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, head of the military that seized power in Myanmar in 2021 after ousting a democratically elected government, said it was he who had the “honor” of receiving of Trump’s letter sent on Monday announcing new tariffs, state media Global New Light of Myanmar reported on Friday.
The letter, which stated the United States would be imposing a new tariff rate of 40 percent on Myanmar’s exports to the…
