Bangladesh has approved the purchase of about 220,000 metric tons of U.S. wheat under a government-to-government deal aimed at easing trade tensions with Washington after import tariffs were imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration.
The agreement follows a memorandum of understanding signed in July for Bangladesh to import 700,000 metric tons of wheat annually from the United States over the next five years as part of efforts to diversify grain sources and strengthen trade ties.
The South Asian country currently depends heavily on lower-cost wheat from the Black Sea region while importing smaller volumes of higher-grade grain from the United States and Canada for blending and quality enhancement.
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