US President Donald Trump said Friday he planned to visit Venezuela and reiterated satisfaction with its interim leader, as his administration authorized five major oil companies to operate in the country.

India’s on Friday allowed the export of 2.5 million metric tons of wheat and an additional 500,000 tons each of wheat products and sugar, as the world’s second-biggest producer of both commodities seeks to support local growers amid protests over a trade deal between New Delhi and Washington.

Largely designed to serve its strategic and corporate interests, the US now sees the WTO as a liability

China's trade surplus hit a record $1.2 trillion last year

The consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.4 percent year-on-year

The oil industry has expressed interest in the petroleum-rich country, while cautioning that the timeframe for investment depended on having clear rules after expropriations by earlier governments

Bangladesh has long imported agricultural commodities from abroad. Last year, it became the eighth-largest market for US wheat. Under a reciprocal trade agreement signed on February 9, American dairy, meat and poultry producers will get sweeping access to Bangladesh’s market.

Bangladesh has agreed to eliminate customs duties, supplementary duties, and regulatory duties on approximately 4,500 products from the United States as part of the newly signed reciprocal trade agreement, marking one of the most significant tariff reduction measures in recent years.

The Silicon Valley internet giant reportedly aims to raise about $20 billion overall, a chunk of it by issuing bonds that mature in February of 2126

Overall sales were flat on a month-on-month basis at $735 billion

The US dollar nursed steep losses on Tuesday ahead of a slate of economic data that will shape the interest rate path, while the yen held on to its ​gains in the wake of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s resounding election victory.

Gold prices eased on Tuesday, as improved risk appetite lifted global equities, while investors awaited a series of US economic data later this week that could shape the outlook for US interest rates.

With Bangladesh striving to build a digital future, information and communications technology (ICT) and telecom have moved from specialised policy areas to key issues in the electoral debate.

The association will convene an urgent meeting to determine the next course of action regarding the deal

Brent crude oil futures were down 18 cents, or 0.26 percent, at $68.85 a barrel by 0353 GMT

The yen strengthened on Monday after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s election victory, reversing six consecutive days of losses as traders bet fiscal stimulus will boost the stock market, while the US dollar eased against other major currencies.

Gold and silver extended gains on Monday, with the yellow metal trading just above $5,000 per ounce as the dollar dipped, while investors awaited key US jobs and inflation data due later in the week to gauge the interest rate trajectory.

Taiwan’s top tariffs negotiator said it would be “impossible” to shift 40 percent of its semiconductor production capacity to the United States as she rejected claims that the island’s chip industry would relocate.

Global oil markets face increasingly sharp and frequent price shocks as geopolitical tensions, opaque stockpiling and tightening Western sanctions are leaving many traders in the dark.

The two countries signed a deal moments ago