Commerce Adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin will hold a press briefing today (14 July) regarding his recent official visit to Washington, DC, for a three-day Bangladesh-United States tariff negotiation.
The briefing will take place at 4:30pm in the conference room of the Ministry of Commerce, according to a press invitation issued by the ministry this morning.
The third and final day of the second round of tariff negotiations between Bangladesh and the United States concluded in Washington DC on 11 July 2025, with several issues still unresolved.
While the two countries reached consensus on a number of matters, others remained pending, leaving Bangladesh without a formal agreement.
As a result, the 35% tariff proposed in a letter from US President Donald Trump to the then Chief Adviser of Bangladesh will remain applicable, and is set to come into effect from 1 August.
A date for the next round of negotiations will be confirmed soon.
Following the conclusion of the three-day meetings, both Commerce Adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin and National Security Adviser Dr Khalilur Rahman expressed optimism, stating that "a positive outcome can be reached within the stipulated timeframe."
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