Japan and Bangladesh to negotiate economic partnership agreement

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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida in April 2023. The countries hope to benefit from a potential EPA. (Pool photo via Reuters)

ANNA NISHINO, YUKI FUJITA and RYOSUKE HANADA, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO/MUMBAI -- Japan and Bangladesh are set to agree to launch negotiations for an economic partnership agreement as early as end of the month, Nikkei has learned, with the countries aiming to seal the deal in 2025.

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