AmCham shares business perspectives with Paul Kapur
Business Report :
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Paul Kapur met members of American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AmCham) to discuss the Trump Administration’s priorities for strengthening US businesses and promoting US exports.
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T Christensen, AmCham President Syed Ershad Ahmed and its executive committee members joined the reception at a city hotel on Wednesday evening.
Assistant Secretary Kapur and Ambassador Christensen joined the American Chamber of Commerce to hear member companies’ perspectives on business and investment opportunities and discuss the Trump Administration’s priorities on promoting US business and US exports, said the US Embassy in Dhaka Thursday.
The US official also met the leaders of ruling party BNP and opposition party Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Thursday.
A five-member BNP delegation met him the US Ambassador’s Gulshan residence.
BNP Standing Committee member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan led the delegation.
Other members of the delegation were Barrister Nawshad Zamir, Mahbubur Rahman, Nayab Yusuf and Nipun Roy Chowdhury.
Assistant Secretary Kapur and Ambassador Christensen met with Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman on Wednesday to discuss key US priorities in Bangladesh, expanding market access for American businesses, strengthening cooperation on illegal immigration, and deepening collaboration on regional security and counterterrorism.
He also met with Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir to advance US-Bangladesh trade relationship and discuss potential for increased business-to-business cooperation.
They met with Energy Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood to discuss US-Bangladesh energy cooperation and opportunities for American companies to supply reliable energy to people and businesses across Bangladesh.
