Allow DFQF access
Dhaka requests Trump admin
DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENT
Bangladesh has made a renewed appeal to the new United States administration led by President Donald J. Trump to consider granting duty free quota free (DFQF) access of Bangladeshi products to the American market.
Ambassador to the United States Mohammad Ziauddin made the appeal during a meeting with US Republican Senator Roger Wicker in Washington on Tuesday, said a press release forwarded by the Bangladesh embassy in Washington yesterday.
Senator Wicker is a member on the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee of the US Senate.
The ambassador evinced keen interest of the Bangladesh government to work with the new US administration to further broaden and deepen the close bilateral ties of Bangladesh and the United States.
He requested the US government to consider DFQF access of products of all Least Developed Countries to the US market.
Currently, only 34 countries (all African LDCs) out of 48LDCs, are benefited from the US DFQF access. Therefore, the ambassador noted that there is a sense of deprivation among the rest of the LDCs (mostly Asian and Oceanic) that seek justice from the US, which is the champion of democracy, human rights and rule of law.
He told the Senator that if Washington provides DFQF access to Bangladeshi products, it would help the country to be economically strong by exporting more products, especially from the RMG sector, where more than four million women are working at present.
Consequently, he added that it would help empower the Bangladeshi women to change the society by contributing to the alleviation of poverty and curb the menace of extremism.
