Dhaka, July 8 -- Keeping the doors yet open for possible tradeoff, the US has declared a slightly slashed 35-percent tariff on Bangladesh's products exported to the American market with effect from August 01.

President Donald Trump cut 2.0 per cent from the previously proposed across-the-board tariff rate of 37 on imports from Bangladesh, suggesting in his letter to the head of Bangladesh's interim government, Prof Yunus, a rethink on 'tariff and para-tariff barriers' facing US products.

Trump wrote to the interim chief in the letter, dated July 7, "Our relationship has been, unfortunately, far from Reciprocal. Starting on August 1, 2025, we will charge Bangladesh a Tariff of only 35 per cent on any and all Bangladeshi products sent int...