For now, US has not imposed sectoral or deeper country-level trade restrictions in order to limit or to keep growing Chinese influence in Myanmar. As you might remember, military has taken the control of the government by a coup on the early morning of 1 February 2021 when democratically elected members of Myanmar's ruling party, the National League for Democracy, were deposed by the Tatmadaw—Myanmar's military—which vested power in a stratocracy. 50 people has been killed in anti-military protests since the coup. US plans to impose the sanctions slowly and match the military’s actions on the ground. However, cunta is aware that China is dominant player in Myanmar trade and business activities. While Myanmar’s 31.7% exports activities are done with China, 7.9% is done with US and its allies. Therefore, US is concerned with imposing sanctions since it might risk losing Myanmar against rising China threat in Asia.
The Arab- Israel normalization deals are unlikely to bring strength to the cracked region. But it is vital in US planning while US deploys most military resources from Middle East to East Asia to confront rising Chinese threat. US wants to have reliable partner; Arab-Israel alliance, which would help transforming Israel from middle power to regional power in Middle East and contain rising Iranian threat in the region. Although Biden administration has released the reports that Prince Salman is behind the Khasshoggi assassination, President Biden avoids implementing punitive measures which might distance Saudi Arabia from aligning with Israel.
In both examples, it is obvious that US foreign policy adjust its policies in order not to lose their interest in the region. However by doing so, US signals the weak and / or rogue nations that they can escape from their wrong doings even if it might harm the democracy, human rights or stability in the region. Although US is the champion of human rights and democracy in the world, US foreign policy opts winning short term gains vs long term stability.
Therefore, there would be many incidents holding US to fully concentrate on rising China since US fails proving itself as protector of justice and stability in the world.
