M.G. Quibria

Bangladesh struggles to attract high-value foreign investment, but its deeper problem lies in skills, education and economic complexity.

Economic interdependence now shapes geopolitical power, forcing nations to balance efficiency, resilience, security, and strategic autonomy in trade.

Bangladesh faces fading export advantages, prompting urgent debate on industrial policy, diversification, and institutional reform.

Bangladesh’s interim government sacrificed long-term economic sovereignty for asymmetric, fragile US tariff concessions.

Trump's 2025 tariffs inflated prices and slowed growth, showing that slogans cannot override economic reality.

The United States has virtually granted itself de facto control over Bangladesh’s economic relationships with the wider world. The agreement does, however, offer one significant benefit: Bangladeshi garments made with US cotton and man-made fibre would get zero tariffs in the US market.

The dividend is not automatic—it requires a healthy, educated, and productively employed workforce.

The consequences of mob rule are not only social and political, they are also profoundly economic.