China on Monday hit out at other countries making trade deals with the United States at Beijing鈥檚 expense, vowing countermeasures against those who 鈥榓ppease鈥� Washington in the blistering tariff war as its neighbours rush to secure favourable terms from the White House...
THE world鈥檚 poorest nations are once again discovering what it means to be peripheral to power. In the latest chapter of 21st-century great-power rivalry, Washington and Beijing have locked horns in an economic slugfest that began with tariffs and has metastasized into a geopolitical confrontation with global consequences. The fight was supposed to be about...
Sky-high tariffs imposed on China by US president Donald Trump have triggered a slump in factory orders, manufacturers told AFP this week 鈥� with some fearing business may never return.
The World Trade Organisation has observed that Trump鈥檚 tariff hike could open the door for Bangladesh to expand its exports to the United States...
The United States opened the door on Monday to tariffs targeting high-end technology and pharmaceuticals, feeding the uncertainty gripping the global economy in a trade war that Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned can have 鈥榥o winner.鈥�..
Unilever Bangladesh Limited (UBL), a leading UK-based multinational and the country鈥檚 largest fast-moving consumer goods company, welcomed Baroness Rosie Winterton, the UK government鈥檚 trade envoy to Bangladesh, and Sarah Cooke, the British high commissioner to Bangladesh, to its corporate headquarters in Dhaka...
Jitters about US tariffs hammered Asian stocks again early Friday as President Donald Trump acknowledged a 'cost' to his surging trade offensive against superpower rival China...
US president Donald Trump鈥檚 punishing tariffs on dozens of economies came into force Wednesday, including 104 per cent in levies against Chinese goods, sending markets into a tailspin again...
THE Trump tariff shock is going to take a bit of time to sink in, though stock markets worldwide have already sunk. Altogether, 60 countries have been slapped with at least 10 per cent tariffs; those with large trade surpluses with the US will pay a much higher rate. Trump鈥檚 public argument was two-fold: force US trade partners with the highest surpluses to lower their...
UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres has warned that 鈥榥obody wins in a trade war,鈥� according to his spokesperson on Friday...
Trade with India through Benapole land port resumed on Saturday after an 8-day of suspension for Eid-ul-Fitr holidays...
ILLICIT trade in wildlife, mostly native and exotic birds, especially online, worryingly continues to thrive as the authorities have almost no oversight on the matter. A dearth of human resources and technical and other logistic supports needed to stop the illegal trade in rare and endangered bird species is glaring. The Wildlife Crime Control Unit, which has only six people...
Bangladesh鈥檚 bilateral trade with the United States reached $10.58 billion in 2024, with a trade surplus of $6.15 billion, driven primarily by the country鈥檚 competitive advantage in garment manufacturing.
Harsh new trade tariffs imposed on Cambodia by US president Donald Trump are 鈥榥ot reasonable鈥�, the Southeast Asian country鈥檚 commerce ministry said Thursday...
US president Donald Trump was poised to unveil sweeping new 鈥楲iberation Day鈥� tariffs on Wednesday, but kept the world guessing until the last minute about the scope of an onslaught that could spark a global trade war...
World powers on Thursday blasted US president Donald Trump鈥檚 steep tariffs on imports of vehicles and car parts, vowing retaliation as a widening trade war intensifies...
US officials arrived in India on Tuesday to hammer out a trade deal just days before president Donald Trump鈥檚 tit-for-tat tariffs begin across the globe, including against the world鈥檚 most populous nation.
EACH year, on March 25, the world pauses to observe International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, an occasion that commemorates one of the most brutal and dehumanising chapters in history. This remembrance is not merely symbolic. It is a moral imperative, a call to reflect on a legacy that still ripples through our...
Global oil demand growth is set to accelerate this year but the escalating trade war launched by US President Donald Trump threatens to disrupt the market, the International Energy Agency said Thursday...
The country鈥檚 trade deficit declined slightly in the first seven months (July鈥揓anuary) of the current fiscal year FY2024-25 compared with the same period in the previous fiscal year, as export earnings saw a notable rise...
Newly appointed special assistant for the finance ministry Anisuzzaman Chowdhury on Tuesday said that the country鈥檚 trade-related data had not been shared with the United Nations since 2015...
Canada鈥檚 incoming prime minister Mark Carney struck a defiant note as the former central banker vowed to win US president Donald Trump鈥檚 trade war, saying his country will 鈥榥ever鈥� be part of the United States...
The trade tension across the world is shifting the wind, and Bangladesh may rather take advantage of it, says an industry leader...
India will finalise a 鈥榤utually beneficial鈥� free trade deal with the European Union by the end of this year, prime minister Narendra Modi said Friday after meeting with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen.
The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry signed an agreement at Sharjah chamber on Thursday with an aim to expand export of Bangladeshi products to Sharjah and increase bilateral investment...
Iran on Wednesday condemned a new round of US sanctions as a 鈥榗lear sign of hostility鈥� after Washington blacklisted more than 30 people and vessels linked to its oil trade...
A group of unidentified people on three motorbikes shot and hacked a gold trader and reportedly looted 130-200 bhoris of gold in the capital鈥檚 Banasree area on Sunday night.
US president Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday that a trade deal was 鈥榩ossible鈥� with China 鈥� a key target in the US leader鈥檚 tariffs policy...
The police recovered the body of a cloth trader from near a bridge at Shibpur upazila of Narsingdi on Wednesday morning...
Md Sirajul Islam, the proprietor of Messrs Momina Logistic Point and Messrs Momina Dairy Industries, a loan defaulter as per a case filed by One Bank PLC, has been arrested...