Dhaka, July 24 -- BNP Standing Committee member Abdul Moyeen Khan on Thursday said Bangladesh lags behind its competitors in securing favourable agreements with the US.

"Bangladesh's export trade heavily depends on effective tariff policies with the United States, but the country lags behind its competitors in securing favourable agreements," he said while addressing a discussion in the capital.

The Centre for Macroeconomic Analysis (CMEA) of the Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh (PRI), in partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) of the Australian Government, arranged the event titled "the July edition of its Monthly Macroeconomic Insights (MMI)' at PRI's conference room.

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