Bangladesh has once again been left out from the American list of beneficiary countries for trade privileges from the US on grounds of poor labour rights.
The list of beneficiaries for the Generalised System of Preferences scheme was updated last month by the United States Trade Representative, the chief trade negotiation body for the US government.
Ecuador, Fiji, Georgia, Indonesia, Iraq, Niger, the Philippines, Thailand, Ukraine and Uzbekistan have also been excluded this time, mostly for poor labour rights.
Bangladesh was first suspended from the GSP scheme in April 2013, shortly after the Rana Plaza collapse, on grounds of shortcomings in workplace safety …read more
Source: The Bangladesh Chronicle
