Obama renews sanctions on Burma
President Barack Obama has renewed sanctions against the Burmese junta.
Congress last week approved the reauthorisation of sanctions, first enacted in 2003, targeting imports from Burma.
The resolution also maintains a ban on importing jade and other gems from the country.
Obama signed the bill into law on Tuesday.
US lawmakers are pushing for the unconditional release of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
The detained 64-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate is being tried on charges that she violated the terms of her house arrest by harbouring an uninvited American man, John William Yettaw, who swam to her lakeside home and stayed for two days.
Suu Kyi faces a possible five years in prison.
A verdict is expected on Friday.