The new tariffs target all major suppliers of apparel, footwear, and travel goods, industries that already face some of the highest tariff rates in the US trade system.

Trump on Friday extended by 75 days a deadline for ByteDance to sell US assets of the popular short video app to a non-Chinese buyer

The 19th century marked the golden age of tariffs in the United States, with an average rate regularly flirting with 50 percent.

"It is now becoming clear that the tariff increases will be significantly larger than expected," Powell told an event in Virginia in prepared remarks.

China's broader plan unveiled Friday marks a "pretty significant warning shot" to the Trump administration to hold off further measures

The trade gaps, said the White House, were driven by an "absence of reciprocity" in relationships and other policies like "exorbitant value-added taxes."

The extent of the latest bout of tariff slaps across so many countries has come as a major shock and is unprecedented

The penalties announced by Trump on Wednesday triggered a plunge in world financial markets and drew condemnation from other leaders reckoning with the end of a decades-long era of trade liberalization.

India on Thursday reacted cautiously to US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs with exporters saying the flat 27 percent on exports imposed on fifth-largest economy could have been far worse.

The government will shortly write to the United States Trade Representative (USTR), urging it to reduce what it describes as an irrational imposition of 37 percent reciprocal tariffs on Bangladeshi exports, a top official said yesterday.

US President Donald Trump has slapped punishing new tariffs on imports of Chinese goods, deepening a trade war between the world’s two largest economies.

The WTO Secretariat is closely monitoring and analysing US tariff measures

The average US tariff surged from 2.5 percent to 20 percent with a single executive action

The research aims to identify the most affected products and the extent of duties imposed

Bangladesh's stock market has been struggling for several years due to the poor performance of listed firms, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war.

He urged exporters and businesses to closely monitor updates from the US Treasury and relevant authorities

Khan believes non-leather footwear dependency is not as critical compared to other industries

“Such tariff measures could significantly hurt exports, particularly the RMG sector," said Raihan

His remarks come as Bangladesh is set to face a 37 percent tariff on its exports to the US

"We need a comprehensive review," said Mahfuz Kabir, research director of BIISS