The issue of trade facilitation has come to the fore since the inception of World Trade Organisation (WTO) to promote freer trade globally. As it reduces costs of trade including export and import, and thus enhances socio-economic benefits such as job creation and raising standard of life,...

Last month I was in Singapore to join an international seminar on 'Pan Asian Integration' but before that we must be integrated in South Asia to facilitate integration with East Asia. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is mandated for poverty alleviation through trade...

Trade facilitation could be defined in many ways but most prominent definition of the trade facilitation is adopted by the WTO i.e. the simplification and harmonization of international trade procedures, with trade procedures being the activities, practices and formalities involved in...

Bangladesh ranked 168th in the Doing Business Report 2020 of the World Bank from its previous position of 176th last year. Bangladesh's progress in Doing Business ranking is the direct outcome of government's doing business reforms initiatives coordinated by the Private Sector Development Policy...

The World Trade Organization (WTO, 1995) is carrying out a very difficult task from its day one of operation. It works to reduce Tariff amp; Non-tariff barriers to promote international trade. It negotiates with the member countries in multilateral level to facilitate trade amp; investment...