The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has decided to increase tariffs by an average of 30 per cent on import and export activities, aiming to align with global standards and boost revenue, said Shipping adviser M Sakhawat Hossain.
Foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Thursday said that he would say nothing about the 鈥榥on-disclosure agreement鈥� with the United States as the negotiations were in progress over the proposed US reciprocal tariff.
Bangladesh is awaiting a response from the United States regarding a letter it sent requesting a reduction in the recently imposed tariff on Bangladeshi products, Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin said on Thursday...
The United States Trade Representative, the chief trade negotiation body for the American government, invited Bangladesh to resume the third and final round of tariff negotiations on July 29, said commerce secretary Mahbubur Rahman...
Bangladesh proposed to hold the third and final round of reciprocal tariff talks with the United States Trade Representatives on any day from Sunday onwards and is waiting for the US response, according to commerce ministry officials...
The interim government on Wednesday decided to procure 2.20 lakh tonnes of wheat from the United States at Tk 817.57 crore in a bid to avert a high US tariff on Bangladeshi goods...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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 president Syed Ershad Ahmed on Sunday said that constructive dialogue on counter-tariffs could yield positive outcomes...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...