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Bangladesh


While Bangladesh may not appear to be a major player on the bilateral FTA front, it is currently under many pressures and involved in various discussions:

- The government was dealt harsh arrangements from the EU in the two parties’ trade and development cooperation agreement of 2001, through which Dhaka accepted WTO-plus demands

Bangladesh to vet free trade pacts
16-Jul-2005    
Bangladesh has decided to appoint an international trade consultant to vet trade proposals with South Asian countries to ensure they are beneficial for Dhaka.
Bangladesh keen on free trade agreement
10-Jul-2005     Telegraph
Bangladesh is keen to sign a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) with India.
Bilateral agreement on trade likely today: Iran to recruit docs, engineers
9-Jun-2005    
Iran is likely to offer Bangladeshi doctors, engineers and professionals jobs in their country. Iran has already prepared a list of 150 exportable products of Bangladesh, which it will import through negotiations.
Malaysia agrees to examine Bangladesh's plea for reducing trade gap
8-Jun-2005    
Malaysia has agreed to examine Bangladesh's cause of reducing trade imbalance heavily tilted towards Kuala Lumpur as the first day of official level talks of the two-day Joint Commission meeting concluded here yesterday.
Dhaka, KL Jt body meets today: FTA, duty-free access for 19 goods on agenda
5-Jun-2005    
The 3rd Bangladesh-Malaysia Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) begins here today (Monday) after a hiatus of over 10 years to explore intensified cooperation in potential sectors of trade, investment and manpower.
Bangladesh to propose FTA with Malaysia
5-Jun-2005     Daily Star
Bangladesh will propose a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia in Bangladesh-Malaysia Joint Commission meeting to be held on June 6-7, after a break of 10 years.
Burma-Bangladesh trade agreement expires
29-May-2005     BNI
With no transactions in the past two years, the term of the Account Trade Arrangement (ATA) between Burma and Bangladesh has expired without any initiative for renewal.
Dhaka hesitant to sign FTA with neighbours
5-Apr-2005     News from Bangladesh
Bangladesh is hesitant to take any practical move to sign free trade agreement (FTA) as it has been sitting on several proposals from many neighbouring countries that have done so among themselves for their own benefits.
Business leaders recommend FTA between Bangladesh and Pak
31-Mar-2005     Deepika Global
Business leaders of Bangladesh and Pakistan today recommended pursuing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries to help boost bilateral trade and investment.
Tifa is contrary to national interest
20-Mar-2005    
Bangladesh will lose its right to speak for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) if it signs the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (Tifa) with the United States, economists at a discussion said yesterday.