Fred de Sam Lazaro:
She and hundreds of others were camped outside the garment industry association’s offices. The group’s president says it’s limited in how much it can help.
But Mahmud Hasan Khan says there’s an even bigger threat, how tariffs imposed by the U.S., the largest market for Bangladeshi garments, will ricochet here, especially if rising prices cause American consumers to cut back.
Mahmud Hasan Khan, President, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association: Buyers over there have buying capacity that is limited. So if consumption goes down, then order placement will be less. Then, if order placement less, then the factory — some factory may shut down.