Cheow Thia Chan 
Myanmar’s Resistance and the Future of Border Trade [PDF ebook] 

Since the start of Operation 1027, Myanmar’s resistance groups have gained control over large parts of key overland trade routes and a number of important border crossings, fundamentally changing the realities in the control of border trade. Despite these losses, the State Administration Council (SAC) retains control-of-trade-related institutions that are vital for accessing an international trading system characterized by state-to-state interactions-giving them significant influence over trade even if they do not control trade routes and border crossings.