Lutfey Siddiqi for negotiating FTAs with key countries before LDC graduation | News Flash

DHAKA, Sept 17, 2025 (BSS) - Chief Adviser's Special Envoy Lutfey Siddiqi has said Bangladesh should negotiate free trade agreements (FTAs) or economic partnership agreements with key countries to obtain friction-free access to their markets since its graduation from LDC status is unavoidable."We have to negotiate free trade agreements or economic partnership agreements with key countries so that we obtain friction-free access to their markets," he said. Increasingly, Siddiqi said, these agreements entail multiple chapters, comprehensively covering a wide range of topics beyond tariffs to include labour standards and movement of people. The chief adviser's special envoy made the remarks while delivering his keynote speech at the ILO Asia-Pacific Conference on Labour and LDC Issues in Bangkok on Tuesday, according...