Chief Adviser's High Representative on the Rohingya Problem and Priority Issues Khalilur Rahman has said there is no need to be worried about the U.S. tariff issue. "We are in contact with the U.S. administration. We are prepared... We will take measures soon," he told media at a briefing in front of the state guest house Jamuna in Dhaka, local media reported.
After a meeting with Chief Adviser of the interim government Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus at Jamuna, Khalilur said the interim government will continue talks with the U.S. administration over the U.S. tariff imposed on Bangladeshi goods and will move forward.
Noting that this was not a sudden or recent development, he said since February, the government has been discussing the tariff issue with the U.S. administration.
Commerce Adviser of the interim government Sk Bashir Uddin said Chief Adviser Prof. Yunus will join the talks with the U.S. administration and will contact them directly over the issue.
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus held the emergency meeting at 7.30 p.m. on Saturday (Apr 5) evening at the state guest house Jamuna to discuss the U.S. tariff issue.
Top experts, advisers and officials joined the meeting.
Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed, Energy and Railways Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain, Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin, Chief Adviser's High Representative Khalilur Rahman, Chief Adviser's Special Envoy for International Affairs Lutfey Siddiqi, Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur, NBR Chairman Abdur Rahman Khan, BIDA Executive Chairman Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun, Principal Secretary to Chief Adviser Md Siraj Uddin Mia, Principal Coordinator on SDG Affairs Lamiya Murshed, Finance Secretary Khairuzzaman Mozumder and Policy Research Institute Chairman Zaidi Sattar, among others, were present at the meeting.
