UNB, Dhaka :
Canadian High Commissioner in Dhaka Benoît- Pierre Laramée has called upon the entrepreneurs of Bangladesh and Canada to exert concerted efforts to give a big push to further enhance trade volume between the two countries.
He also underscored the need for enhancing business-to-business linkage between the business communities of the small and medium enterprise of Canada and Bangladesh to make a breakthrough in the trade relations between the two countries. The High Commissioner was speaking at an event, titled ‘Celebration of $ 2 billion trade between Bangladesh and Canada in 2015’, jointly hosted by Canadian Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CanCham) Bangladesh and Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) at the DCCI auditorium on Thursday. CanCham Bangladesh President Masud Rahman also spoke at the discussion held with DCCI President Hossain Khaled in the chair.
Laramee termed the relations between Bangladesh and Canada excellent and said he is optimist that the trade volume will shoot up to $3 billion soon from $ 2 billion. “As Bangladesh develops, our bilateral relationship is shifting from aid to trade. Canada remains a significant provider of development assistance
to Bangladesh, but increasingly this assistance is focused on strengthening Bangladesh’s ability to compete in the global economy,” he added. The Canadian diplomat said the remarkable rise in bilateral trade over the past 15 years shows that this shift is happening quickly. Regarding Bangladesh’s RMG sector, he said Canada wants to see more prosperity and development of our RMG industry in future.
He also said, Canada will continue its assistance to Bangladesh’s RMG sector to ensure workers’ safety and safe work place. Hossain Khaled said Canada is the seventh largest single market export destination of Bangladesh which has become possible due to continuous GSP facility extended to enhance our access to Canadian market during the last decade.
Canadian High Commissioner in Dhaka Benoît- Pierre Laramée has called upon the entrepreneurs of Bangladesh and Canada to exert concerted efforts to give a big push to further enhance trade volume between the two countries.
He also underscored the need for enhancing business-to-business linkage between the business communities of the small and medium enterprise of Canada and Bangladesh to make a breakthrough in the trade relations between the two countries. The High Commissioner was speaking at an event, titled ‘Celebration of $ 2 billion trade between Bangladesh and Canada in 2015’, jointly hosted by Canadian Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CanCham) Bangladesh and Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) at the DCCI auditorium on Thursday. CanCham Bangladesh President Masud Rahman also spoke at the discussion held with DCCI President Hossain Khaled in the chair.
Laramee termed the relations between Bangladesh and Canada excellent and said he is optimist that the trade volume will shoot up to $3 billion soon from $ 2 billion. “As Bangladesh develops, our bilateral relationship is shifting from aid to trade. Canada remains a significant provider of development assistance
to Bangladesh, but increasingly this assistance is focused on strengthening Bangladesh’s ability to compete in the global economy,” he added. The Canadian diplomat said the remarkable rise in bilateral trade over the past 15 years shows that this shift is happening quickly. Regarding Bangladesh’s RMG sector, he said Canada wants to see more prosperity and development of our RMG industry in future.
He also said, Canada will continue its assistance to Bangladesh’s RMG sector to ensure workers’ safety and safe work place. Hossain Khaled said Canada is the seventh largest single market export destination of Bangladesh which has become possible due to continuous GSP facility extended to enhance our access to Canadian market during the last decade.
