Renewed interest in Bangladeshi trade ties
Cambodia and Bangladesh made a fresh push on January 24 to revive dormant bilateral trade initiatives, with Phnom Penh hosting the first-ever conference and exhibition for a delegation of leading Bangladeshi companies. Bangladesh’s Ambassador to Thailand and Cambodia Saida Muna Tasneem admitted trade between the two developing nations was minimal, amounting to just $6.7 million annually, but said the two countries have potential to cooperate for mutual benefit. “I firmly believe that utilising comparative advantages and complementarities of our manufacturing industry and global imports and exports, the two countries have every potential to double bilateral trade volume and diversify bilateral trade baskets within the next half decade,” Tasneem said.
