Rumeen Farhana demands US trade deal be tabled in Parliament

Rumeen Farhana said a meeting had taken place yesterday, Tuesday, between the US ambassador and the commerce minister. At that meeting, she said, the US ambassador made several remarks about the trade agreement. Among the issues raised were the import-export imbalance between the two countries, Bangladesh’s commitment to import agricultural and energy products, improving the domestic business environment, and policy reforms to attract investment. “The US ambassador also drew our attention to another matter, saying, ‘while we export a certain volume of goods from Bangladesh, we do not import a comparable volume of goods from America, which has created a significant trade deficit, and it is to address this trade deficit that the trade agreement has been concluded,’” Rumeen Farhana stated.