Highlights and Key Issues * Pro-democracy protests in September, the largest since before the 1990 election, were firmly crushed by the military, but UN reports of many more deaths and imprisonments than officially admitted will ensure continued diplomatic and trade isolation. Tougher US sanctions on the way through Congress would halt, among others, Chevron's investment in natural gas production. * However, France, China, Korea, Thailand and other ASEAN neighbours have refused to cut trade and investment. While tourism has been hit, gas and electricity projects will maintain GDP and foreign...
