BANGLADESH GARMENT MAKERS LOOKING EAST AS RELATIONS WITH WEST SOUR
July 2nd, 2020
BANGLADESH’S apparel exporters are contemplating diversifying their past tight focus on western markets to include buyers serving southeast Asia as they emerge from the Covid-19 crisis. The move has been prompted by frosty relations with international retailers in Europe and the USA who scrapped or suspended shipments worth USD3 billion following the outbreak of the global coronavirus pandemic.
“With the Association of Southeast Asian Nations [ASEAN] turning out to be the world’s fourth largest economy by 2030, my view is positioning ourselves as the ...
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