{"id":66659,"date":"2025-10-19T06:53:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T06:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deshmediabd.com\/?p=66659"},"modified":"2025-10-19T06:57:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T06:57:14","slug":"bangladesh-moves-to-sign-fta-with-eu-to-secure-post-ldc-trade-privileges-formal-negotiations-expected-to-begin-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/?p=66659","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh moves to sign FTA with EU to secure post-LDC trade privileges  Formal negotiations expected to begin in November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rtejustify\"><em><strong>Highlights:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-ub-tbsnews.net_1706867223147\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"rtejustify\"><em>Bangladesh plans FTA with EU to secure post-LDC trade access<\/em><\/li>\n<li class=\"rtejustify\"><em>Feasibility study confirms FTA would benefit Bangladesh&#8217;s export sector<\/em><\/li>\n<li class=\"rtejustify\"><em>Current EU duty-free access ends in 2029 under EBA scheme<\/em><\/li>\n<li class=\"rtejustify\"><em>GSP+ may exclude garments, risking 12% tariffs post-2029<\/em><\/li>\n<li class=\"rtejustify\"><em>Experts split: pursue FTA early or retain GSP+ benefits first<\/em><\/li>\n<li class=\"rtejustify\"><em>PCA with EU also planned, focusing on rights and governance cooperation<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><strong>The interim government has launched an initiative to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union, Bangladesh&#8217;s largest export destination, in a bid to safeguard privileged access to its market after graduating from the least developed country (LDC) category in 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">The commerce ministry has completed a feasibility study showing that an FTA would benefit Bangladesh, paving the way for formal negotiations when an EU delegation visits Dhaka this November.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hide-for-print mb-20 text-center \">\n<div id=\"dfp-ad-tbs_lb_snd_middle-wrapper\" class=\"dfp-tag-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"dfp-ad-tbs_lb_snd_middle\" class=\"dfp-tag-wrapper\" data-google-query-id=\"CIbt1JvEr5ADFcKgZgIdfKoV-Q\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/22016589449\/TBS-LB-SND-Middle_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hide-for-print mb-20 text-center \">\n<h4><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve completed a feasibility study which shows Bangladesh will benefit from such a deal. Preliminary discussions have already taken place, and the EU is interested,&#8221; Commerce Secretary Mahbubur Rahman told The Business Standard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">He said the ministry would soon write to the EU to decide on the next step \u2014 whether Bangladesh will receive the EU&#8217;s draft text or send its own. &#8220;The EU has signed FTAs with many countries, while we are also in talks with several partners,&#8221; he added.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tbsnews.net\/bangladesh\/bangladesh-moves-sign-fta-eu-secure-post-ldc-trade-privileges-1263946\">\u09ac\u09bf\u09b8\u09cd\u09a4\u09be\u09b0\u09bf\u09a4<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlights: Bangladesh plans FTA with EU to secure post-LDC trade access Feasibility study confirms FTA would benefit Bangladesh&#8217;s export sector Current EU duty-free access ends in 2029 under EBA scheme GSP+ may exclude garments, risking 12% tariffs post-2029 Experts split: pursue FTA early or retain GSP+ benefits first PCA with EU also planned, focusing on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-44","category-14"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66659"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66663,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66659\/revisions\/66663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/66660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}