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The year 2020 was a torrid year for international trade. But, as the dust settles —...

Share UK envoy vows stronger trade Sun, 21 February 2021 The British Prime Minister’s trade envoy to Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam on February 18 pledged to give her all to mobilise British investors and businessmen to analyse and maximise investment and trade potential and advantages in Cambodia and reap the full benefits of the ASEAN country’s preferential trade tariffs. Heather Wheeler, who is also Conservative member of Parliament (MP) for South Derbyshire district, made the remark at a di...

Harleys exit and the future of American bikes in India Harley-Davidson’s India exit is the latest in a series of unsuccessful forays by U.S. auto firms in the country. Reason: multiple trade irritants mar the Indo-U.S. relationship. Will Biden change it? Feb 21, 2021 Iconic Marvel superhero Captain America sports a never-say-die attitude, a deep sense of duty and—to no one’s surprise—a 1942 Harley-Davidson. It’s tough to imagine the quintessential American war her...

UK to continue GSP for Bangladesh: Robert The UK will continue to provide Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) facility for Bangladesh for three more years even after its graduation to a developing country from the least developed one. British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson on Wednesday said the UK will provide Bangladesh with the GSP facility up to 2027 so that it can prepare to face new economic challenges after the graduation from the group of Least Developed Co...

UK to continue GSP for Bangladesh: Envoy He calls for improving regulatory issues to attract foreign investment Diplomatic Correspondent Robert Chatterton Dickson The UK will continue to provide Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) facility for Bangladesh for three more years even after its graduation to a developing country from the least developed one. British High Commissio-ner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson on Wednesday said the UK will provide Bangladesh with the GSP facility u...

What’s new? The Myanmar military’s 1 February coup d’état brought a sudden halt to the country’s democratic transition and showed disdain for the will of the people, overwhelmingly expressed in the November 202o elections which returned the National League for Democracy government in a landslide. Why does it matter? The coup has arrested a decade of political and economic liberalisation. It has prompted almost universal outrage from Myanmar’s people, who have taken to streets acr...

The UK yesterday reaffirmed its commitment to continue the Generalised System of Preferences for Bangladesh even after its graduation to a developing country from a least developed one. The reassurance came at the first meeting of the UK-Bangladesh Trade and Investment Dialogue at the commerce ministry in Dhaka yesterday, Md Jafar Uddin, secretary at the ministry, told The

Just as it had been for past LDC status graduates, Bangladesh will also not face a lot of challenges afterwards for already having proven its economic resilience and potential for sustainable growth, according to a government study. It can be confidently stated that Bangladesh is going to graduate from its least developed country (LDC) status with flying colours and will keep

A sub-section is proposed to be inserted in Section 113, which states that goods would be liable for confiscation if products entered for exportation under claim of remission or refund of any duty or tax or levy make a wrongful claim in contravention of the provisions of this Act.

FDI for ecommerce is under the regulatory scanner again after the 2018 and the U.S. trade lobbies are now weighing in on the matter