Chevron Lobbies to Head Off New Sanctions on Myanmar |
Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=59191"><span class="small">Kenneth P. Vogel and Lara Jakes, The New York Times</span></a> |
Friday, 23 April 2021 12:07 |
Excerpt: "The Myanmar military's coup and brutal crackdown on dissent have left it with few allies in the West." Chevron Lobbies to Head Off New Sanctions on Myanmar23 April 21
he Myanmar military’s coup and brutal crackdown on dissent have left it with few allies in the West. But one of the most sophisticated corporate lobbying operations in Washington has mobilized to head off intensifying pressure on the Biden administration to impose broad sanctions against the state-owned oil and gas company helping to finance the junta. Chevron has dispatched lobbyists — including some former federal government officials, one of whom appears to have left the State Department just last month — to agencies including the State Department and key congressional offices to warn against any sanctions that might disrupt its operations in Myanmar, according to four people familiar with the lobbying. The California-based oil and gas giant says sanctions could endanger the long-term viability of a big Myanmar gas field in which it is a partner, risk worsening a humanitarian crisis for people who rely on the operation for power and expose the company’s employees to criminal charges. |