I'm not sure the retards at the State Department are a witness.
Last week a strategy document was released by the US State Department in which they basically say that the US wants to break into the Burmese rare earth mineral market.
The US doesn't seem to have big demands on the junta in terms of democratization or improved human rights, they just want these minerals.
This is an even worse position than China currently holds, as China is actively encouraging the junta to break free and shed its extremist aspects, as China sees them as obstacles to Myanmar's long-term stability, business and diplomatic relations with the world/region.
Presumably because of this + the Tats' historical distrust of China + being completely broken, the junta was very eager to participate in these talks with the US, actively increasing the investment figures that the US was offering and hiring lobbying firms to make their case to the US government to get as much money into Myanmar as possible.
The problem for the US is that the junta doesn't really control the things they negotiate with the State Department.
Most of the rare earth minerals mines are located in the north and east of Myanmar and are mainly controlled by EAOs, especially the KIA which reached a very lucrative deal to export the rare earth minerals to China after the capture of the mines from Junta-backed war zones in 2023-2024.
The junta's chances of recapturing the mines are pretty slim because some are controlled by groups with whom they have a ceasefire and those who don't are in Kachin State where they are actively losing ground rather than recovering it.
Additionally, the mines are owned by Chinese businesses and would require the Burmese junta to nationalize them in order to sell them to the US. Which China will never allow to happen just like that.
It is not clear which mental retard in the State Department is handling this issue and where he gets his information about Burma.