EU Ambassador says achieving EU’s GSP-Plus trade facility won’t be ‘a picnic’ for Bangladesh: Reports

In what is seen by many as dropping broad hint, Charles Whiteley, who is the Head of Delegation of the European Union in Bangladesh, has underlined that achieving the GSP-Plus trade facility on the EU market would be a challenging task for the country (Bangladesh).

Media reports maintained this adding Charles, reportedly, noted that Bangladesh’s aspiration for the GSP-Plus would require to be matched with a series of tough do’s, including compliance with regulations on environmental rights, human rights and labour rights even as he, reportedly, stated, “This will not be picnic,” while explaining the challenges Bangladesh might face towards successfully negotiating the trade facility once it makes the LDC transition.

The EU Ambassador even though appreciated Bangladesh’s efforts in addressing the challenges maintained the country already had ratified some regulations tagged with the facility and is working on to meet other requirements while pledging EU support to Bangladesh in achieving the facility even as he made these observations interacting with members of the Diplomatic Correspondents’ Association of Bangladesh (DCAB) in Dhaka recently.