The foreign minister’s statement that the United States wants to restore GSP (preferential market facilities in the United States) on Bangladeshi products; US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller denied it. He said he did not know anything about the announcement of restoration of US GSP benefits on Bangladeshi products.

Miller made such comments when Bangladeshi journalist Mushfiqul Fazal Ansari drew attention to the matter at the State Department’s weekly press briefing on Monday local time in the United States.

In the press conference after the meeting with US Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu who recently visited Bangladesh, Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud said that the United States wants to return the GSP benefits removed from Bangladeshi products.

Citing the foreign minister’s statement on Monday, the expatriate journalist drew the attention of State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller and asked for his comments on the matter. In response, Miller said that he had no knowledge of the announcement of restoration of GSP benefits.

Last Wednesday (May 15) at noon, Assistant Secretary Donald Lu of the South and Central Asian Affairs Bureau of the US State Department, who was on a two-day visit to Bangladesh, met with the Foreign Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Segunbagicha in the capital.

In the press conference after the meeting, the foreign minister said that the discussion with the US Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu to further the relationship with Bangladesh has been very fruitful. Hasan Mahmud.

He said, Donald Lu said that they (United States) want to return the ‘GSP’ benefits that we used to get. That’s why we have to review our labor policy, which we are reviewing. He had a detailed discussion with the Law Minister about it yesterday.