remarkable growth in two-way trade between India and Bangladesh has resulted in robust growth of the economies in the region … South Asian countries, such as between India and Bangladesh, will strengthen the South Asian Association for Regional … Cooperation (SAARC) and help ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of their activities. Cultural, trade, and economic exchanges …

improve its trade standards and trade-handling capacity. A bilateral Free Trade Agreement would lift Bangladesh's exports to … numbers, based on existing trade patterns, represent a lower bound of the potential increase in Bangladesh's exports arising … from a Free Trade Agreement. A Free Trade Agreement would also raise India's exports to Bangladesh. India's provision of …