{"id":28475,"date":"2026-02-21T04:12:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T04:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/21\/bangladesh-japan-epa-why-do-some-analysts-warn-of-competitive-strain\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T04:12:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T04:12:40","slug":"bangladesh-japan-epa-why-do-some-analysts-warn-of-competitive-strain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/21\/bangladesh-japan-epa-why-do-some-analysts-warn-of-competitive-strain\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh-Japan EPA: Why do some analysts warn of competitive strain?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.fibre2fashion.com\/Newsresource\/images\/308\/shutterstock-1432706240_320125.jpg\" \/><br \/>Bangladesh and Japan have signed EPA.<br \/>\nJapan will allow duty-free entry for Bangladeshi garments, while Dhaka will gradually cut tariffs on selected Japanese goods after ratification.<br \/>\nPact will help Bangladesh avoid 8\u201315 per cent MFN tariffs.<br \/>\nSome analysts warn of competitive pressure from reciprocal duty cuts on Japanese apparel inputs.<br \/>\nLeather products do not receive immediate zero-tariff access.<br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fibre2fashion.com\/news\/apparel-news\/bangladesh-japan-epa-why-do-some-analysts-warn-of-competitive-strain--308537-newsdetails.htm\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bangladesh and Japan have signed EPA. Japan will allow duty-free entry for Bangladeshi garments, while Dhaka will gradually cut tariffs on selected Japanese goods after ratification. Pact will help Bangladesh avoid 8\u201315 per cent MFN tariffs. Some analysts warn of competitive pressure from reciprocal duty cuts on Japanese apparel inputs. Leather products do not receive&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}