Collaboration: Australian High Commission
Starting date: February 01, 2024
Completion date: November 15, 2024

Theme: Institutions and Political Economy

Project description: The objectives of the study are as follows:
a. Assess how global and regional trends at the intersection of geopolitics and geo-economics impact Bangladesh’s trade policies.
b. Assess how Bangladesh conceives of its economic security, especially perceptions of vulnerabilities and opportunities arising in relation to trade and investment ties with major and emerging trading partners.
c. Identify existing (if any) or potential economic security-related policies and initiatives in Bangladesh and outline the framing of such policies.
d. Identify key drivers of Bangladesh's economic security interests, including in relation to history, legal, socio-political, economic, and geostrategic factors.
e. Identify whether Bangladesh has been subject to any so-called coercive trade practices – measures that are arbitrarily applied such as quotas, anti-dumping measures and/or phyto-sanitary barriers.
f. Assess options Bangladesh could use to effectively address any potential challenges presented by coercive trade practices, if any.

Team leader:
Dr Selim Raihan (Team Leader and Trade Expert)

Team members:
Dr. Lailufar Yasmin, International Relations Expert
Eshrat Sharmin, Research Analyst
Omar Raad Chowdhury, Research Analyst