BD concerned over US trade bill

Bangladesh has expressed concern over the US trade bill concerning the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) apprehending that LDCs like Bangladesh would lose their competitive edge in the US market due to preferential treatments to the trans-pacific partners, reports UNB.

Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States Mohammad Ziauddin voiced Dhaka's concern when he met separately US Congressmen Brad Sherman (D-California) and Tom Marino (R- Pennsylvania) at the Capitol Hill on June 15 and 16 respectively, according to message received in Dhaka on Wednesday.

Brad Sherman is the ranking member of the subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee and Tom Marino is the chairman of the subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Commercial and Antitrust Law.

During the meetings, Ambassador Ziauddin briefed the Congressmen on Bangladesh's trade relations with the US. He said as an LDC Bangladesh does not receive any special or deferential treatment from the US in terms of trade and commerce.