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POST TIME: 19 September, 2015 00:00 00 AM
USTR team to assess RMG compliance from today
UNB

USTR team to assess RMG compliance from today

Michael J Delaney, Assistant US Trade Representative for South and Central Asia, Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and his team will start reviewing progress in Bangladesh RMG sector transformation process from today, reports UNB. He will be accompanied by Michael O'Donovan, Director for Labor Affairs, Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR); Bruce Levine, Office Director, Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL), U.S. Department of State; and Jennifer Goodyear, International Relations Officer, International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB), U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL). Delaney was appointed Assistant US Trade Representative for South Asia in September 2008. In this position, he is responsible for development of trade with the countries comprising South Asia -- India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka - as well as Iraq. During their five-day visit, the delegation will meet with government officials, employers, workers, trade unions, the International Labor Organization, the Alliance on Bangladesh Worker Safety, the Accord for Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, and other organizations, according to US Embassy in Dhaka. They also plan to travel to Chittagong to visit the Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority, representatives from the shrimp processing sector, and other local organizations. The delegation seeks to learn more regarding the efforts by the Government of Bangladesh and other Bangladeshi actors in support of the Sustainability Compact and the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Action Plan.