美国坚持将孟加拉排除在普惠制受惠国之列

 

US keeps Bangladesh out of GSP

For the third year in a row, US has kept Bangladesh out of its GSP list of beneficiary countries for trade privileges on grounds of poor labour rights.
Ten more countries -- Ecuador, Fiji, Georgia, Indonesia, Iraq, Niger, the Philippines, Thailand, Ukraine and Uzbekistan – also feature in this list, mostly on account of poor labour rights record.
The list of beneficiaries for the Generalised System of Preferences scheme was updated last month by the United States Trade Representative (USTR), the chief trade negotiation body for the US government.
Bangladesh was suspended from the GSP scheme in April 2013 on grounds of shortcomings in workplace safety and poor labour rights in the garment sector after the infamous Rana Plaza fire tragedy in which more than 1,000 people perished.
The Obama administration then provided Bangladesh a 16-point action plan to win back the trade benefits.
Dhaka has already handed in its progress report on the action plan, but it fell short of the USTR's expectations. “More needs to be done to regain the trade benefits,” it said.
Banladesh's Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed declined to comment on the issue, media reports from Dhaka said.

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美国坚持将孟加拉排除在普惠制受惠国之列

美国已经连续第三年以疲弱的劳动权利为由将孟加拉国排除在普惠制受惠国之列。

10多个国家，包括厄瓜多尔、斐济、格鲁吉亚、印度尼西亚、伊拉克、尼日尔、菲律宾、泰国、乌克兰、乌兹别克斯坦也在这个列表,主要是由于其疲弱的劳工权益。

普遍优惠制的受益者列表计划由美国政府的首席贸易谈判体——美国贸易代表(USTR)于上月更新。

在声名狼藉的Rana广场火灾悲剧,使得超过1000人死亡后，孟加拉国的GSP计划在2013年4月暂停，主要由于服装部门工作场所安全以及不良的劳动权利等缺点，

奥巴马政府然后向孟加拉国提供16个要点的行动计划来重新赢回贸易特权。

达卡已经递交了对行动计划的进展报告,但它尚未达到美国贸易代表办公室的预期。“需要做更多来重新获得贸易特权”。

孟加拉商务部部长Tofail Ahmed拒绝评论这一问题,达卡媒体报道说。