Under the GSP programme, Bangladesh had benefitted from exporting around 5,000 different items to the US market tariff-free. Bangladesh has made considerable progress in improving RMG factory environment and worked on other conditions, but the US has not restored the GSP facilities. The Charge d’affaires said her country is looking forward to begin discussions about reintroducing GSP. “The US is looking forward to talk again about restoring GSP status and a great deal of progress on workers’ rights,” she added. “On workers’ rights, these are the same kind of things we are looking into any country that wants to get GSP.

Source: bd News24 February 25, 2020 23:15 UTC