Bangladesh has a strategic opportunity to strengthen its position in the US apparel market as major competitor countries face higher tariffs and growing risks, said Debapriya Bhattacharya, a distinguished fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).

Bangladesh has outperformed competitor countries to attain the highest year-on-year growth in apparel shipments to the US market in January, as American retailers and brands are placing large volumes of work orders here to capitalise on the favourable tariff regime.