Bangladesh to sign trade deal with US in AugustBangladesh is preparing to sign an agreement with the United States this month that would impose an additional 20 percent supplementary duty on Bangladeshi products entering the US. The United States Trade Representative (USTR) is currently drafting the agreement, a process the commerce ministry expects will take two to three weeks. The United States has requested that the World Trade Organization be notified once the agreement is signed. A joint announcement from the governments of Bangladesh and the United States may follow. Instead, he said, the United States expressed stronger interest in agricultural and food exports.
