Add those export tons with the amount of coal burned domestically, and the amount of American coal being burned a year worldwide has barely budged at all.
The rush to Bangladesh began in earnest in 2005, when an international trade quota system called the Multi Fiber Arrangement expired, lifting the strict limit on the amount of textiles and garments developing countries could export to developed countries.
The trade profile of such nations is complex and in hi tech, high value added products that cannot be replicated in a sweat shop must see the terms of trade have move an incredible amount if there is to be a serious deterioration in the export of high end products.
What is the estimated amount of total sovereign claims world-wide on various U.S. assistance programs, particularly export-support programs and the estimated ability of the United States to meet those country requests already received by the Administration?