Dhaka, March 10 -- Speakers at a discussion meeting on Monday said that Bangladesh can take US President Donald Trump's trade policy as an opportunity.

"President Trump has focused on trade and economic issues, and some countries are facing additional taxes to access the US market. But Bangladesh is fortunate in this regard that the US so far has no plan to do so with Bangladesh," they said.

The speakers highlighted these at the discussion meeting on 'America-Bangladesh Relations in the Trump Era', organized by the International Business Forum of Bangladesh (IBFB) at its office in Tejgaon, Dhaka.

William B. Milam, former US ambassador to Bangladesh and president of Right to Freedom, Jon F. Danilowicz, executive director, Right to Freed...