YANGON — Myanmar cheered a US promise on Thursday to end sanctions, with residents in its commercial capital clamouring for American brands while politicians and business moguls heralded a new era of transparency and trade.US President Barack Obama vowed to scrap the trade limits during Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s first visit to the White House since her party took power in March, ending decades of military domination.But Soe Naung Win, who owns a cellphone shop in Myanmar’s bustling economic capital of Yangon, had more immediate concerns. "I want Apple to officially come to Myanmar. I am crazy about the Apple brand."While iPhones are widely available in Myanmar, one of the world’s fastest-growing cellphone markets, there are no official Apple stores there.The US sanctions, imposed 20 years ago in a bid to put pressure on the former military regime, bar Americans from dealing with anyone on its blacklist of more than 100 people and companies linked to the former junta. Some ma...
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