Dhaka, Aug. 2 -- Apparel exporters and their US buyers are gathering wits for full-steam resumption of trade as the Trump tariff tempest calms with the United States deciding to settle on a pared-down 20-percent reciprocal tariff on Bangladeshi exports.

Some of the buyers are already asking their suppliers to resume production and shipment which previously had made a pause amid uncertainty over the threatened 35-percent reciprocal tariff and breathtaking negotiations to scale the barrier, according to the industry-insiders.

Talking to The Financial Express, Shovon Islam, Managing Director of Sparrow Group, one of the leading US-focused exporters with annual exports of around $300 million-more than half to the US-said the tariff concerns...