Trump Tariffs

A women uses an iPhone mobile device as she passes a lighted Apple logo at the Apple store at Grand Central Terminal in New York City, US, April 14, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Global Economy

Apple was on brink of crisis before tariff concession from Trump

Before the latest exemption, the iPhone maker had a plan: adjust its supply chain to make more US-bound iPhones in India, which would have been subject to far lower levies

Representational image. The photo was taken recently at the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Bhaban in the capital. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS
Stocks

Market cap sheds Tk2,222cr on US tariff shock

Apple iPhone 16 on display at an Apple store in New York. Photo: Michael M Santiago/Getty Images
World+Biz

Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from 'reciprocal' tariffs

CPD Executive Director Fahmida Khatun at a shadow parliament session organised by Debate for Democracy at FDC in the capital’s Tejgaon area on 12 April 2025. Photo: Courtesy
Economy

Trump's tariff process faulty, but a wake-up call for Bangladesh: Fahmida Khatun

A Tonka toy is displayed at a store in New York City, U.S., April 9, 2025. REUTERS
World+Biz

That seat will cost how much? US businesses already seeing impact of Trump tariffs

BTMA organised a roundtable discussion on US Tariffs on Bangladesh's Exports. Photo: Courtesy
Economy

Seize 90-day US tariff pause opportunity or risk trade setback: Experts

The sun rises behind a Wells Fargo building in El Paso, Texas, US, March 30, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
Global Economy

US bank profits rise, but executives raise more tariff alarms

China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao. File Photo: Collected
China

China minister says US tariffs could trigger humanitarian crisis

A trader at the New York Stock Exchange in the US, April 4, 2025. REUTERS
USA

US stocks finish higher after rollercoaster week

A drone view shows shipping containers from China, at the China Shipping (North America) Holding Company Ltd. facility at the Port of Los Angeles in Wilmington, California, February 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
USA

US economists brace for sharp slowdown despite Trump's pivot

US President Donald Trump holds a "Foreign Trade Barriers" document as he delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, US, April 2, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
USA

Trump floats possible exceptions to 10% baseline tariff

Samsung Electronics Chairman Jay Y. Lee attends a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (not pictured), at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 28, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Florence Lo/File Photo
Global Economy

What Samsung and Vietnam stand to lose in Trump's tariff war

People shop at a Home Depot store in Manhattan in New York City, US, February 25, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo
USA

Tariffs angst sinks US consumer sentiment, boosts inflation expectations