EU, Japan vow joint push for 鈥榝air鈥� global trade
The EU and Japan pledged on Wednesday to work together on championing a 鈥榝ree and fair鈥� trade global system, as US tariffs and disputes with China rattle their economies...
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Equinor takes $1b hit from US wind farm regulations, tariffs
Norwegian energy company Equinor said on Wednesday that its giant offshore wind project in New York 鈥� once halted by the US administration 鈥� had lost nearly $1bn in value following regulatory changes and tariffs...
Trump agrees to small cut in Philippine tariffs
US president Donald Trump agreed Tuesday to reduce threatened tariffs on the Philippines, but only by one percentage point, after what he termed a successful meeting with his counterpart Ferdinand Marcos...
China tariff deadline can be rolled forward 90 days: US Treasury chief
A deadline for tariffs between the United States and China to snap back to higher levels could be extended in a 鈥�90-day increment,鈥� US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday, ahead of trade talks next week...
Is it ending?
IT IS hard to decide what is more surreal: that the United States is threatening 50 per cent tariffs on Brazilian imports in the name of 鈥榬eciprocity鈥� or that global markets, once jittery at the mere whisper of Trumpian trade tantrums, are now brushing off these ultimatums with a shrug and record-breaking rallies...
AstraZeneca to invest $50b in US as tariff threat looms
British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca said Tuesday it would invest $50 billion in the United States by 2030 amid Donald Trump鈥檚 threats to impose tariffs on the sector...
General Motors profits fall
Auto giant General Motors reported lower second-quarter profits Tuesday following a $1.1 billion hit from US tariffs but confirmed its full-year forecast...
Govt to buy 2.2 lakh tonnes of wheat from US amid tariff negotiation
Bangladesh has planned to purchase 2.20 lakh tonnes of wheat from the United States at Tk聽817.57 crore with per kilogram costing Tk聽37.17 to appease Washington in its attempt to avert a high US tariff on Bangladeshi goods, said officials...
Japan PM hangs on after election debacle
Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba clung on Monday even after an election debacle left his coalition without a majority in the upper house, as painful new US tariffs loom...
ECB expected to hold rates as US tariff uncertainty lingers
The European Central Bank is set to hold interest rates for the first time in almost a year when policymakers meet this week, despite concerns over the potential impact of higher US tariffs on the eurozone economy...
US tariffs help push Jeep owner Stellantis into big loss
Jeep owner Stellantis said on Monday it suffered a massive loss in the first half of the year, when it felt the first impact of new US tariffs and took a massive charge following a change in US laws...
Bangladesh seeks 3rd-round tariff talks with US
With just days left before a 35 per cent reciprocal tariff by the United States on Bangladeshi exports takes effect, Bangladesh is pushing for a third round of negotiations.
MoU signed for US wheat import amid tariff threats
Bangladesh on Sunday signed a memorandum of understanding with the United States to import 7 lakh tonnes of wheat annually for the next five years amid the threat of facing 35 per cent US tariff on its exports from the next month...
AmCham optimistic about constructive tariff dialogue
AmCham president Syed Ershad Ahmed on Sunday said that constructive dialogue on counter-tariffs could yield positive outcomes...
Strategic preparation for tariff talks emphasised
Bangladesh鈥檚 export trade is poised to encounter new challenges in the wake of potential counter-tariffs from the United States, cautioned聽 Selim Raihan, executive director of the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) on Sunday...
Japan trade deal still possible: US
US treasury secretary Scott Bessent said Friday that a trade deal with Japan remained possible, following talks in Tokyo ahead of the looming August 1 imposition of new tariffs...
Taiwan working to strike US tariff deal
Taiwan鈥檚 trade negotiators were 鈥榳orking around the clock鈥� to strike a tariff deal with the United States, the island鈥檚 vice president said Friday, two weeks before Washington鈥檚 deadline...
Japan鈥檚 SMEs ready to adapt to Trump tariffs
Small and medium-sized firms like Mitsuwa Electric that form the backbone of Japan鈥檚 economy have weathered many storms over the decades, and company president Yuji Miyazaki is hopeful they will also withstand Donald Trump.
Indonesian shoemakers fear Trump tariffs
At a leather boot shop in the Indonesian city of Bandung, workers handle an order from Texas but owner Etnawati Melani says she fears such business will dwindle when Donald Trump鈥檚 tariffs hit exports...
A recipe for geopolitical decline
THE July 7, 2025, letter from President Donald J Trump to Dr Muhammad Yunus, the chief advisor to the government of Bangladesh, reads like a familiar echo of an old, misguided economic playbook. In it, the US warns of a 35 per cent tariff on all Bangladeshi goods entering American markets, citing long-standing trade deficits and the need for reciprocal trade...
BNP wants to join govt team in US tariff talks
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party would engage with the interim government to help advance the government鈥檚 ongoing tariff negotiations with the United States, as the discussions have expanded beyond trade to include broader security and strategic issues.
US consumer inflation accelerates
US consumer inflation picked up in line with analyst expectations last month, government data showed Tuesday, as policymakers try to gauge how president Donald Trump鈥檚 ever-growing list of tariffs is affecting the economy...
3rd round of talks likely next week
Commerce adviser Sk Bashir Uddin on Monday said that the third round of negotiations with the United States over tariff issues was likely to start next week...
S鈥檖ore averts recession in Q2
Singapore averted a recession in the second quarter, official data showed Monday, but the government warned of 鈥榮ignificant uncertainty鈥� ahead owing to the effects of US president Donald Trump鈥檚 tariffs...
Impact of US tariffs varies across European Union
European countries are not all equally exposed to the US market and so will not suffer the same consequences should president Donald Trump go ahead with his threats to impose 30-per cent tariffs on the European Union...
Germany urges 鈥榩ragmatic鈥� solution to US tariff talks
Germany鈥檚 economy minister on Saturday called for pragmatism in European Union tariff negotiations with the United States...
Mexico, EU to face 30pc Trump tariffs from August 1
President Donald Trump on Saturday targeted Mexico and the European Union with steep 30 per cent tariffs, dramatically raising聽the stakes in already tense negotiations with two of the largest US trading partners...
Mexico slams Trump鈥檚 30pc tariff threat
Mexico slammed US president Donald Trump鈥檚 latest threat of 30 per cent tariffs Saturday as an 鈥榰nfair deal,鈥� according to a government statement...
Tariff talks end inconclusive
The second-round negotiations between Bangladesh and the United States over the tariff issue in the US capital Washington DC ended on Friday with several issues remaining unresolved...
Worried exporters expect fruitful tariff talks
Businesses said on Saturday that they don鈥檛 want to lose the US market and are optimistic that the trade talks regarding a 35 per cent tariff will succeed in the end...