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Market Access Issues: EU - Bangladesh Trade Regime<br /> A Case Study on Market Access: Myths and Realities - Full Report

By Enamul Haque, Azreen Karim, Wahid Abdallah on November 28, 2005

The research focuses on the major export sectors: ready-made garments, knit ware, jute products, fish, hides and skins, and tea. The aim is to understand the market access issue by using micro- or firm-level information in order to determine the practical barriers to trade for producers in Bangladesh. The study ranks the market access issues for SME exporters from Bangladesh to suggest policy changes in future rounds of negotiation to provide better prospects for expanding trade from Bangladesh to the North.

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Publisher: IISD

Copyright: IISD, 2005

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