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Bangladesh Urged to Implement Trade Reforms for Economic Competitiveness

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New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Bangladesh could fall behind peer nations and competing economies without radical reforms in tariffs and trade facilitation within five years, an economist warned, according to a new report.Bangladesh-based media house ‘The Daily Star’ cited chairman of the Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh Zaidi Sattar calling for urgent reforms as the country has not undertaken significant trade policy reforms for around 16 years.Zattar warned at an event marking International Cu…