Figuring U.S. Foreign Policy Bangladesh has a predominantly Muslim population of nearly 200 million people living on around $2,000 per capita of income per year via services to the global market. It admittedly has poor governance, but is nonetheless a parliamentary democracy.  The second country, Egypt, has less than half the number of people, 85 million predominantly Muslim people earning more than triple the money, an average $6,600 per capita year largely due to it being the second largest annual recipient of U.S. foreign aid. The first country, Bangladesh, loses its GSP trading privileges with the U.S. for lapses in labor enforcement. By contrast, the White House announced that it is not in the best interest of the U.S. to cut o...

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