EPA with Japan to integrate Bangladesh into global value chain

Both sides have decided to sign the EPA by December 2025.

"As a result of this agreement, Bangladesh will be easily included in the global value chain. At the same time investment, and trade will increase," the ministry’s senior secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh told a press conference in Dhaka.

Japanese ambassador to Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori said the proposed agreement will facilitate development on both sides.

The two countries have already completed a joint feasibility study on the matter, media outlets in Bangladesh reported. The study assessed the status in various sectors on both sides.

ALCHEMPro News Desk (DS)