Bangladesh Offers to Buy Boeing Planes to Sway Trump on Tariffs

Bangladesh has offered to buy 25 jets from Boeing Co., using the recent US-Indonesia trade deal as a model, in hopes of persuading President Donald Trump to lower tariffs on the country.

“We have made commitments that are maintainable for us. The Boeing purchase is part of that,” Commerce Secretary Mahbubur Rahman said in an interview with Bloomberg News on Sunday, ahead of his departure to Washington. “If they compare our offer with others, we should get a better deal.”

Rahman will join a high-level delegation, led by Commerce Adviser Sk. Bashir Uddin, that is scheduled to meet officials ...