The United Nations described the military offensive in Rakhine State in Myanmar, which provoked the exodus of 700,000 Rohingya people, as a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing "Myanmar's military says it is fighting Rohingya militants and denies targeting civilians. Should the international community seize trade relations with Myanmar given its human rights records and should atrocities prevent foreign investment?

Joining us via Skype was from Brussels is Danny Murty, EU Trade Agreements Expert and Researcher; and here in the studio we have Thomas Macmanus, Lecturer in State Crime at Queen Mary University of London; Justin Wintle, historian and author of Aung San Suu Kyi: Perfect Hostage and Mark Farmaner, Director of Burma Campaign UK

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