International Trade

Asia this week: 19 – 25 August 2021

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Members from both sides of Congress criticised a Republican senator and a Democratic counterpart on Wednesday for making an undisclosed trip to Afghanistan to observe the U.S. military’s frenzied evacuation...

Asia this week: 17 – 23 June 2021

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Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen criticises nations for stipulating conditions for vaccines supplies to other countries and for hoarding COVID-19 vaccines.

Asia this week: 10 – 16 June 2021

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The Banskhali S. Alam power project under construction in Chattogram under fire after the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) overlooks several red flags.

SAARC remains largely in the doldrums

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The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) came into existence 36 years ago in 1985. The South Asian Preferential Trade Agreement (SAPTA) had come into existence in 1993 and...