Bangladesh to buy 220,000 tons wheat from US in bid to cool tariffs, official says
Bangladesh has approved the purchase from the United States under a government-to-government deal at a price of $302.75 per ton, the food ministry official said. It will be supplied by a Singapore-based trading house.
Earlier in July, Bangladesh signed a memorandum of understanding to import 700,000 tons of wheat annually from the United States over the next five years.
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On July 27, Bangladesh also ordered 25 aircraft from Boeing and ramped up imports of key American goods in an effort to defuse trade tensions.
A Bangladesh government delegation is holding trade talks in the United States this week, officials in Dhaka said.
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