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April 2025

Bangladesh caught in US overcapacity probe

Quick Facts
  • Probe under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974
  • Bangladesh among 16 economies under scrutiny
  • Excess production harming US industry on focus
  • Comments due April 15; hearing set for May 5

The United States has launched a fresh trade investigation into Bangladesh and 15 other economies to examine whether their policies and production practices are contributing to global overcapacity that could harm American manufacturing.

Iran forms interim Leadership Council after Khamenei’s killing

Alireza Arafi was appointed today (1 March) as the jurist member of Iran's Leadership Council, a body tasked with fulfilling the supreme leader's role until the Assembly of Experts elects a new leader, ISNA news agency reported.

A cleric member of the Guardian Council, Arafi will be part of the temporary Leadership Council alongside President Masoud Pezeshkian and Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei.

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