The Obama administration suspended the GSP privilege, citing factory safety and workers rights concerns, before the agreement was reached. There had been a perception that Bangladesh will get back the GSP privilege and the duty-free market access in the US market through discussions under the TICFA. She said the Doha round which is being referred for duty-free market access has never been concluded. So the duty-free access was “never fully decided”. It is up to the US congress, Ambassador Bernicat said, to decide whether Bangladesh will get the privilege in future.

Source: bd News24 May 17, 2017 15:45 UTC