Dhaka, July 4 -- Exporters here are agog for a reciprocally beneficial deal as a Bangladesh trade mission and their US counterparts sit for striking trade agreement before the United States imposes punitive tariffs that will make exports expensive.

Announced by US President Donald Trump-what are dubbed global tariff and trade wars-the new levies are set to take effect next week.

Business leaders remain hopeful that the government will be able to negotiate a mutually beneficial deal by offering to import Boeing aircraft, automobiles, capital machinery, wheat, cotton, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and various services from the United States.

The strategy is designed to help reduce the bilateral trade deficit - the main reason cited by the...