Dhaka, April 16 -- Commerce Advisor Sheikh Bashir Uddin has said a team will visit the United States next week to discuss tariffs levied on Bangladeshi products, which the Trump administration says was a move to reduce the bilateral trade deficit.

The trade deficit stands at $6 billion between the countries, meaning, Bangladesh ships goods worth $6 billion more to the US than what the country sends over.

On Wednesday, Bashir Uddin said the United States only takes into account goods, not services, in calculating the deficit, he added.

Bangladesh's exports to the US are worth $8 billion while imports are goods worth $2 billion, he said and added: "The trade deficit calculation is becoming conceptual."

"The whole trade deficit debate is...