Mes: septiembre 2019

(AP) NEW YORK – The Coca-Cola Co. plans to start selling its drinks in Burma for 베트맨 the first time in 60 years, following the U.S. government’s decision to suspend investment sanctions on the country for its democratic reforms. Burma, also known as Myanmar, is one of three countries where Coca-Cola doesn’t do business. The other two are Cuba and North Korea. The world’s biggest soft drink maker said Thursday it will start doing business in the country as soon as the U.S. government issues a license allowing American companies to make such investments. The U.S. announced last month that it was suspending restrictions on American investments in the Southeast Asian country, which is still easing toward democracy. Until last year, Burma had been led by an oppressive military junta. Coca-Cola said its products will initially be imported from neighboring countries as it establishes local operations in Burma; the company notes that it is has a history of being the among the first to enter or re-enter markets. In 1949, for instance, Coca-Cola and other foreign companies were expelled from China by the communist government. After full diplomatic relations were established with the country in 1979, Coca-Cola had 20,000 cases of its flagship drink trained into the country from Hong Kong, which was still a British territory at the time. The Atlanta-based company also noted that Cuba was one...