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Post-budget Meeting with Business Leaders
Adviser opposes long-term tariff protection for local industries
No amnesty to legalising undisclosed money after July 31: NBR
Responding to business leaders' demand for reconsidering the duty structure proposed in the next fiscal's budget, the finance and planning adviser yesterday said tariff protection could not be carried
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RMG's duty-free issue taken up with Washington
Butenis tells FBCCI
Outgoing United States Ambassador Patricia Butenis yesterday informed business leaders that she has taken up the duty- and quota-free access of Bangladeshi ready made garments (RMG) with authorities in
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Tariff proposals to hurt local industries
Roundtable told
The tariff proposals in the proposed budget will benefit importers and put export- oriented domestic industries into trouble, speakers told a roundtable yesterday in Dhaka.
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Key WTO players meet for 'decisive' talks in Germany
The four key players in the World Trade Organization -- the United States, the European Union, Brazil and India -- arrived in Potsdam outside the German capital on Tuesday for critical talks to breakdeadlock
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Ctg-Sharjah flights of Air Arabia launched
Air Arabia, a budget airline based in the United Arab Emirates, launched its operations in Bangladesh on Monday initially offering two weekly flights between Sharjah and Chittagong.
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New IMF reform tackles currency manipulation
The International Monetary Fund has launched a new surveillance system on exchange-rate policies aimed at preventing a country from jeopardizing the health of the global economy.
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WB directors interview Zoellick today
The World Bank's executive directors late Monday invited former US trade chief Robert Zoellick, the sole candidate to head the poverty-fighting institution, for an interview on Wednesday.
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Oil prices ease
Oil prices eased in Asian trade Tuesday on profit-taking after hitting their highest levels since early September 2006 overnight, dealers said.
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S Korea agrees to re-negotiate FTA with US
South Korea Tuesday accepted a US demand that it re-negotiate a hard-won free trade deal to reflect Washington's new trade policy guidelines but vowed not to give anything away.
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Yen falls to new lows against euro, dollar
The yen fell Tuesday to another low against the euro and a four-and-a-half-year trough against the dollar on expectations that Japanese interest rates will stay well below those in other major economies,
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Sino investment in ROK lowering
China's direct investment in South Korea fell last year for a second consecutive year as its interest in Asia's third-largest economy declined, a report said Tuesday.
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