Dhaka, April 12 -- Business leaders and trade experts at a discussion on US tariffs on Saturday emphasised that strategic negotiations and industrial capacity building are crucial for Bangladesh to navigate tariff-related challenges.

They stressed the importance of collective efforts from both the private and public sectors to resolve tariff issues with the United States.

The observations came at a discussion titled "US Tariff on Bangladesh's Exports: Reciprocal Strategies and Way Forward for Negotiation", held at Gulshan Club.

Speakers called for increasing the US content in manufacturing to 20 percent or more to qualify for a reduced tariff of 10 percent when exporting to the US market.

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