Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Bangladesh's reciprocal trade-tariff deal with the United States is bound with strings that bar it from signing any free-trade deal or preferential economic deal with "non-market" countries, including China and Russia, without US consent.

The US has officially listed 12 countries as non-market: China, Russia, Vietnam, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

"If Bangladesh enters into a new bilateral free-trade agreement or preferential economic agreement with a non-market country, it undermines this Agreement. The United States may, if consultations with Bangladesh fail to resolve its concerns, terminate this Agreement and re-impose the applicable reciprocal...