The Bangladesh Embassy in Washington D.C. has written a letter to the Ministry of Commerce, alerting it about the concerns arising from the United States' recent labour rights policy.

In the letter, the embassy also urged the stakeholders concerned to take the issue into cognisance on a priority basis.

Minister (Commerce) at the Bangladesh Embassy in the US Md Selim Reza sent the letter to Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce Tapan Kanti Ghosh on 20 November.

According to the letter, the policy may be used as a political tool to take initiatives against Bangladesh on the pretext of labour issues.

Though the 'Memorandum' appears to be a global policy applicable to all countries, there are reasons to believe that Bangladesh may be one of the targets.

The labour issues in Bangladesh were specifically quoted by the Secretary of State and Acting Secretary of Labour at the launching ceremony [of the memorandum], the letter said.

On 16 November, Secretary of the US Department of State Antony J Blinken announced the Presidential Memorandum on Advancing Worker Empowerment, Rights and High Labour Standards Globally.