While the Chinese Exim Bank has previously financed Chinese infrastructure and energy projects in Bangladesh, this marks the first instance of it facilitating private sector investments in the country. The development assumes significance since it comes in the backdrop of the Trump White House slapping steep tariffs on goods exported to the US from Chinese soil. New Delhi: Amid the trade war with the US, the Export-Import (Exim) Bank of China has agreed to back Chinese private sector investments in Bangladesh, especially in the manufacturing sector, in a bid to use Dhaka as an export hub. The issue was discussed...