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Bangladesh agreed to purchase US wheat under terms that required reducing its domestic agricultural subsidies and tariff protections, as a condition of US tariff relief on Bangladeshi garment exports. The deal was negotiated directly between trade ministers without parliamentary ratification. Food security advocates warned the arrangement put 170 million Bangladeshis at risk of supply disruption if US wheat shipments were interrupted.

President Biden launches the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) with 12 partner countries including Japan, South Korea, India, Australia, and Southeast Asian nations. The economic initiative aims to strengthen U.S. economic engagement in the Indo-Pacific region and provide an alternative to China's economic influence. The framework focuses on trade, supply chains, clean energy, and anticorruption standards. The launch represents a notable U.S. economic policy initiative in Asia following the withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership under the Trump administration.