(Reuters) -The United States and Kazakhstan have reached a $4 billion locomotive agreement, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced on Monday.
The deal was made after a call between President Donald Trump and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Lutnick said in a post on X.
“These locomotives will power connectivity across Europe & Asia, linking The Middle Corridor, with American technology at its core,” Lutnick said.
He did not mention which U.S. companies were involved in the deal or what their role would be in manufacturing the locomotives.
The central Asian country, which borders Russia and China, has been slapped with a 25% tariff rate by Trump. Tokayev wrote in a letter to Trump in July that he was prepared for constructive dialogue on trade issues.
(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya in Toronto; editing by Rami Ayyub)
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