He said international trade agreements at the multilateral and plurilateral levels could play an important role in Bangladesh’s future economic development.
Chargé d'affaires of the US embassy Meale said TPP, which the US was trying to achieve with the Pacific Rim countries, would be “a high-standard” trade agreement.
He said it would “break new grounds”.
He said the TPP would address trade issues with common standards and fair and just trade on level playing fields.
“In doing so, we underscore common values that include the rights of workers, environmental issues, transparency and regulatory issues, laws against bribery and intellectual property laws,” he said.
He said, with Bangladesh, the labour issue was “a very big part” for the US.
Chinese embassy’s deputy chief Qu Guangzhou said China was the largest trading country in the world last year, with a trade volume of nearly $4 trillion.
He said currently they were the biggest trading partner of 128 countries.
“We are the supporter and beneficiary of the multilateral trade arrangements,” he said.
He added China would also support plurilateral arrangements, and highlighted its ‘one belt, one road’ initiative and the BCIM cooperation with Bangladesh, India and Myanmar.