A BRIEFING ON FATF: UPDATES FROM THE U.S. TREASURY & U.S. EMBASSY

On December 7, AMCHAM Myanmar hosted a special briefing with senior U.S. government officials on the recent FATF blacklisting decision. We are grateful towards the expert speakers Deputy Assistant Secretary Scott Rembrandt of U.S. Department of the Treasury, and Deputy Assistant Secretary Erik Woodhouse for Counter Threat Finance and Sanctions in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs of U.S. Department of State for sharing insights and taking questions from the members. This was a rich discussion with experts. We are also grateful to our participating members for engaging with high-level experts on this important issue.