As the United States ramps up tariffs on major trading partners globally, president Donald Trump is also disrupting strategies that could be used 鈥� by Chinese companies or others 鈥� to circumvent them...
US president Donald Trump signalled Tuesday that fresh tariffs on imported pharmaceuticals and semiconductors could be unveiled within the coming week, as a cascade of incoming duties promises to reshape global trading ties...
US tariffs on many Brazilian products surged Wednesday, as president Donald Trump moved ahead with a pressure campaign against the trial of his right-wing ally Jair Bolsonaro...
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Wednesday said that the country still had the scope for bargaining over the tariff rate the United States imposed on Bangladeshi exports to the US.
US President Donald Trump ordered an additional 25 per cent tariff on Indian goods on Wednesday over New Delhi鈥檚 continued purchase of Russian oil, a key revenue source for Moscow鈥檚 war in Ukraine.
IN A world of escalating trade tensions and transactional diplomacy, tariffs have re-emerged as pivotal instruments for recalibrating national economies. At their core, tariffs are not merely financial levers; they are strategic tools for what one might call economic homeostasis 鈥� a term borrowed from physiology, which refers to maintaining equilibrium across key...
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban promised that the return of his 鈥榙ear friend鈥� Donald Trump as US president would usher in a new 鈥榞olden age鈥�...
The EU announced the suspension on Tuesday of its retaliatory tariffs on US goods worth 93 billion euros ($107 billion) after Brussels struck a deal with Washington last month...
US president Donald Trump said Tuesday that upcoming tariffs on imported pharmaceuticals could reach 250 per cent, after starting at a lower level, while adding he plans to also unveil fresh duties on foreign semiconductors...
South Africa is seeking new markets in Africa and Asia as it negotiates with the United States over looming 30-per cent trade tariffs, which could cost around 30,000 jobs, officials said Monday...
New US tariff rates are 鈥榩retty much set鈥� with little immediate room for negotiation, Donald Trump鈥檚 trade advisor said in remarks aired Sunday, also defending the president鈥檚 politically driven levies against Brazil...
The export earnings in July, the first month of the 2025-26 financial year, witnessed a 24.9 per cent robust growth to $4.77 billion, mainly driven by readymade garments...
The recently announced 20 per cent reciprocal tariff on Bangladeshi goods exported to the United States could be reduced further by using US raw materials, said business leader Mahmud Hasan Khan Babu...
Donald Trump is staking his reputation as a tough negotiator and slick dealmaker 鈥� that has served him well throughout his life 鈥� with his ultra-muscular, protectionist tariffs policy...
Hawking clothes outside the garment factory where her daughter toils inside, a Laos vendor weighs US president Donald Trump鈥檚 threat of trade tariffs that may soon snarl both their livelihoods...
THE reciprocal tariff that the United States has finally, after three rounds of negotiations in July, imposed on goods import from Bangladesh at 20 per cent, lowered from 35 per cent that the United States on July 8 announced, is viewed as something that has brought about short-term relief. The tariff came into effect on August 1, making Bangladeshi exporters pay a 20 per cent...
As winter clouds gathered above South Africa鈥檚 prime wine-producing Robertson valley, the mood has been sombre ahead of new US tariffs of 30 per cent due to come into force next week.
President Donald Trump unveiled new tariffs Thursday on nearly 70 countries 鈥� including a blistering 35 per cent on neighbour Canada 鈥� as he seeks to reshape global trade to benefit the US economy.
The United States took in more revenue from tariffs in the first six months of 2025 than it did in all of 2024, according to data from the US Treasury compiled by AFP.
The reduction in reciprocal tariff of the United States on imports of Bangladeshi goods to 20 per cent from previously announced 35 per cent brought relief for the country鈥檚 exporters.
Bangladesh interim government law, justice and parliamentary affairs adviser Asif Nazrul on Friday said the reduction of the United State tariff rate on goods from Bangladesh to 20 per cent from the previous 35 per cent, is another success of the interim government.
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Friday congratulated Bangladesh tariff negotiators on securing a landmark trade deal with the the United States.
The United States has decided to reduce the reciprocal tariff on imported goods from Bangladesh to 20 per cent from the previously announced 35 per cent following a series of negotiations over the past month.
The third round of the tariff talks between Bangladesh and the United States entered the third and final day on Thursday, with Dhaka trying to strike a deal in a last-ditch attempt to reduce 鈥榬eciprocal鈥� tariff imposed by the Trump administration.
The United States and Pakistan have finalised a deal that will lower tariffs for Pakistan and include US assistance in developing the country鈥檚 oil reserves, officials from both sides confirmed as reported by The Economic Times...
The third round of tariff talks of Bangladesh with the United States entered the second day on Wednesday, just one day before a steep 35 per cent tariff on Bangladeshi exports to the US market comes into effect...
Bank giant HSBC said Wednesday that group profits fell in the first half on higher costs but noted that it was 鈥榳ell positioned鈥� to deal with the effects of US tariffs...
The US president, Donald Trump, said Wednesday that imports from India will face 25 per cent tariffs, while also announcing an unspecified 鈥榩enalty鈥� for New Delhi鈥檚 purchases of Russian weapons and energy.
The first day of the third and final round of the tariff talks with the United States on a 35 per cent reciprocal tariff ended with positive responses, said commerce secretary Mahbubur Rahman on Wednesday morning...
The third round of tariff talks with the United States was scheduled to begin at about 12:30pm on Tuesday (Washington time), according to a message received from commerce ministry officials...