DHAKA: United States committed to working with Bangladesh as it endeavors to undertake the worker rights and safety reforms set out in the GSP Action Plan and to working with all stakeholders to help ensure that the benefits of trade and development are widely shared in Bangladesh.  

Visiting Assistant United States Trade Representative Mike Delaney came up with the observation while addressing at a seminar at DCCI Sunday.

Mike Delaney began speech saying: “Bangladesh matters greatly to the United States, as it sets an important example in the region and the world as a moderate, secular, Muslim-majority democracy of 160 million people offering a positive role for regional stability and prosperity in South Asia.  The United States believes that Bangladesh is key to developing trade and economic corridors between South and South East Asia.”

“I am proud to report that in 2013, bilateral trade exceeded $6 billion, 50 percent more than 2009 levels.  In 2009, when global trade was faltering, Bangladesh apparel exports to the United States, Bangladesh’s largest single country export destination, grew by 11 percent.  Last year, apparel exports to the United States grew by 12 percent, surging over $5 billion,” he added.

BDST: 1623 HRS, APR 27, 2014