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US Cuts Tariffs on Bangladesh Goods, Exempts Some Apparel

President Donald Trump will lower the country’s overall reciprocal tariff to 19 percent.
A Bangladeshi garment worker wearing an all red outfit with a black face mask. They sit at a sewing machine using blue materials.
The trade deal includes a mechanism that allows certain textile merchandise to receive a full exemption from the levies, providing a break to Bangladesh’s apparel industry. (Shutterstock)

The US is moving to reduce its so-called reciprocal tariff on goods from Bangladesh and offering a new exemption for textile products, the White House said Monday, in the latest adjustment for the South Asian country.

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