Bangladesh has become the eighth-largest market for US wheat in 2025, following last year’s contracts to purchase the staple from the American market, US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T Christensen said yesterday.

The dollar fell in Asian trade Monday amid speculation US officials could join their Japanese counterparts to help support the yen after a recent sell-off, while equities started the week on a mixed note.

China said on Monday that a preliminary trade deal with Canada “does not target any third parties” after the United States threatened to impose 100-percent tariffs on Canadian products if the agreements were finalised.

Samsung Electronics plans to start production of its next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, or HBM4, ​next month and supply them to Nvidia, a person familiar ‌with the matter told Reuters on Monday.

India plans to slash tariffs on cars imported from the European Union to 40 percent from as high as 110 percent, sources said, in the biggest opening yet of the country’s vast market as the two sides close in on a free trade pact that could come as early as Tuesday.

He welcomes the fresh arrival of 60,000 tonnes of US wheat at Ctg port

Samsung has been trying to catch up with cross-town rival SK Hynix, a primary supplier for advanced memory chips crucial for Nvidia's AI accelerators

India and the EU are expected to announce on Tuesday the conclusion of protracted negotiations for the free trade pact

Goldman Sachs has raised its December 2026 gold price forecast to $5,400

China is expected to reduce tariffs on canola imports from Canada by March 1 to around 15 percent

Gold reached $5,026 an ounce in trading after sister metal silver blasted through $102 an ounce for the first time Friday

US President Donald Trump on Saturday warned Canada that if it concludes a trade deal with China, he will impose a 100 percent tariff on all goods coming over the border.

Withdrawal of the facility will hurt Bangladesh’s RMG export, they say

Indian news agency The Hindu says

Officials have discussed deploying SLB, Halliburton and Baker Hughes to repair and replace outdated equipment

The central bank has cut rates three consecutive times since September

Canada heavily relies on trade with the United States, the destination for more than three quarters of Canadian exports

India and Europe hope to strike the “mother of all deals” when EU chiefs meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi next week, as the two economic behemoths seek to forge closer ties.

Eurozone business activity maintained a steady, if modest, rate of growth in January, a closely watched survey said Friday.

The lawsuit, filed in a Florida state court in Miami-Dade County, accused the largest US bank of violating its own policies by singling out Trump to ride the “political tide.”