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Bangladesh to boost cotton imports from US to $1b: BTMA

BTMA noted that US cotton is relatively more expensive and called on the government to provide support to importers to offset the additional costs

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Economy

Dhaka in last-ditch bid as tariff talks with US begins in Washington

Bangladesh can absorb 5 percentage points tariff gap with peers, but 15 may be fatal
Economy

Bangladesh can absorb 5 percentage points tariff gap with peers, but 15 may be fatal

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Economy

Bangladesh to continue talks as US trade demands go against global norms

BGMEA President Mahmud Hasan Khan Babu paid a courtesy call on Chowdhury Ashiq Mahmud Bin Harun, executive chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (Bida) and the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (Beza) today (30 June). Photo: Collected
RMG

Geopolitical instability, US tariffs pose threat to garment industry: BGMEA president

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Micheal Martin, Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Estonia Prime Minister Kristen Michal meet in Brussels, on the day of a European Union leaders summit, Belgium June 26, 2025. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Europe

EU leaders discuss new US trade proposal as deal clock ticks down

Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed at a consultative meeting at a Dhaka hotel on Wednesday, 30 April 2025. Photo: TBS
Economy

Bangladesh will ask for more time from Trump after tariff pause: Finance adviser

Professor Rehman Sobhan, Chairman, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD). Illustration: TBS
Economy

Bangladesh should explore alternative export markets as China is Trump's primary target: Rehman Sobhan

Trina Solar, Thai Nguyen, Vietnam, August 30, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Khanh Vu
Global Economy

Chinese solar firms go where US tariffs don't reach

Flags of US and China are seen in this illustration picture taken August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration
USA

Biden sharply hikes US tariffs on an array of Chinese imports

Wall Street Week Ahead: Tariff deadline keeps focus on trade as 2019 draws to close
Global Economy

Wall Street Week Ahead: Tariff deadline keeps focus on trade as 2019 draws to close

An employee serves a glass of Champagne during the traditional wine harvest at the Champagne house Deutz in Ay, France, September 22, 2016. Reuters/Benoit Tessier
Global Economy

US vows 100% tariffs on French Champagne, cheese, handbags over digital tax

US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross meets with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (not pictured) at the Maximos Mansion in Athens, Greece September 5, 2019.Reuters/Costas Baltas
Politics

US tariffs on China are working, US Secretary of Commerce says