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Short pieces on trade preferences, value retention and the Bangladesh garment sector. Newest first.
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Bangladesh RMG: keeping volume on thin margins
The garment sector earns about US$39 billion a year in exports. How much of that stays, and how little room there is for a shock.
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Three changes to preference rules that would help LDCs keep more value
A suggested revision to how preference schemes treat least developed countries and recent graduates, written as a starting point for discussion.
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From access to integration: the case for value-linked trade preferences
Duty-free access helped least developed countries sell more. It did much less to help them keep what they earn.