"On Aug. 7, President Obama issued an executive order extending the current ban on rubies and jade from the former Burma, now called Myanmar. This means the ban will be extended for another year, says Jennifer Quigley, executive director of the U.S. Campaign for Burma.
"The order “prohibits the importation into the United States of any jadeite or rubies mined or extracted from Burma and any articles of jewelry containing jadeite or rubies mined or extracted from Burma,” Obama said.
"The gems have been banned from entering the United States since the Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE Act passed in 2008. Some had thought the embargo might be lifted, given signs of greater democracy and human rights in Myanmar. And in November, the president waived most of the sanctions included in a previous import ban, while keeping the blockade on rubies and gems."
I wouldn’t doubt he did that so FLOTUS could hog the entire output of precious stones from Myanmar.