US foriegn policy at present is not to give duty free access to Bangladesh. What has Bangladesh given the US that the latter should give this facility? When Bangladesh makes some offer to the US then Crowley will be the one to push the US government to make concessions. The US does not give anyone any free gifts.
There appears to be some divergence now. That is why India will want to back the BNP as US is not in favour of the party as long as Tareque has an option of coming to power. If the AL falls India has the only option of backing BNP or supporting military rule. The Indians will prefer the former so they will negotiate with BNP and support Tareque if necessary.
Indian dalals should be removed from BD politics. The problem is that we have difficulty in identifying the dalals.
I am not talking about present focus on duty free access but talking about historic record of last 20 years. I am afraid you are reading too much into congressman Crowley influence. Just look at record and see what Crowley was able to push through congress for Bangladesh. Crowley may read out US policy stand but he had not been vital source of influence for policy.
US and Bangladesh are not in same league in any sphere and US expectation is not great deal from Bangladesh; certainly not an expectation of quid pro quo. In that line duty free access has not been tied or referenced to be tied with anything. Labor lobby which had bigger influence and influenced by different quarters prevented such access. In fact US had given similar access to 20 some nations decades ago without anything in return. Enough said about off topic subject.
About US reservation with Tareq, if you look more closely US position you described (largely true) is conflicting. Tareq vs US strategic and economic interest is not much of a choice. And if you bring india into the mix and possible openinging for China; as I said I expect there will be some horse trading in near future. We may or may not like the outcome but that is what I suspect going to happen.
I will keep watching and I am sure so will you.....