# Prof. Michael Posner reacts to the US's measures to halt trade with Bangladesh

1 Faculty News June 27, 2013 ![The New York Times Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027320.jpg?itok=W8xBr66g)>

Excerpt from [The New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/28/business/us-to-suspend-trade-privileges-with-bangladesh-officials-say.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0) -- “'The U.S. decision sends a very strong signal to the government of Bangladesh that they have to do things differently, that there’s a consequence to the way they’ve been operating,' said [Michael H. Posner](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/michael-posner), a former assistant secretary of state of human and labor rights in the Obama administration."

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Additional coverage appeared on [Financial Times](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/09e130c4-df43-11e2-a9f4-00144feab7de.html#axzz2XW5xSVUK).