Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Sunday said one of the major accomplishments of their foreign policy over the past 15 months has been establishing strong relations with the US agricultural economy and the farm lobby.

"The interim government has laid the foundation for this promising new chapter in Bangladesh-US relations," he said.

Looking ahead, Alam said, Bangladesh will be able successfully negotiate even greater tariff reductions from the US as the trade gap shrinks.

"Our garment exporters already have the capacity to purchase the entirety of US cotton exports. Once we establish ourselves as a key U.S. trading partner, we will have no need to engage costly lobby groups in Washington - we will have ...