ISDS Case Map
Bangladesh
Bangladesh as a capital importing country must tailor the four core provisions of BITs namely – fair and equitable treatment; expropriation; non-precluded measures; and monetary transfer provisions to safeguard its regulatory power as host state.
The US has been persuading Bangladesh to join in the Indo-Pacific Strategy, the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, commonly known as the “Quad”, and the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF).
Bangladesh and Japan jointly announced the launching of a feasibility study on the future signing of a Free Trade Agreement.
Businesses in Bangladesh want the government to start the negotiation with Canada to sign the free trade agreement in order to retain the duty-free market access in the North American nation.
Bangladesh and Singapore on Wednesday signed a memorandum of cooperation in its first step to negotiating a free trade agreement and also find potential for trade and investment opportunities between the two countries.
Bangladesh and Singapore are expected to start negotiations soon to ink a free trade agreement within this year, aiming to boost investment and trade between the countries.
The European Union envoy in Bangladesh ruled out the possibility of signing a free-trade agreement between the bloc and Bangladesh.
Bangladesh is working on getting either a free trade agreement (FTA) or economic partnership agreement (EPA) signed with Japan, the most promising export market in Asia, with the commerce ministry having already prepared a relevant memorandum of cooperation (MoC).
The Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) is conducting further studies on possible outcomes of the country joining the world's largest China-led trade deal, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
Dhaka has sought a revised list of goods on which Jakarta can offer tariff concessions for Bangladeshi products before signing the proposed preferential trade agreement (PTA.)
