Speakers call for stronger trade negotiation capacity,  LDC graduation - The

Adviser to the Ministry of Commerce, Sk Bashir Uddin. — TBT Photo. TBT DESK:As Bangladesh prepares to leave the ranks of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in 2026, policymakers, diplomats and development partners on Sunday urged urgent steps to strengthen the country’s trade negotiation capacity to protect its economic interests in a tougher global market. The call came at a national dialogue titled “Reflections & Way Forward: Building National Capabilities in Trade Negotiations”, organised by the Ministry of Commerce with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), under the Transformative Economic Policy Programme (TEPP) financed by the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). Speakers warned that graduation from LDC status, while a milestone of progress, will also strip...