The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Tuesday (18 September) that real progress was needed on the Irish border issue with the UK by the October summit of EU leaders.

China said on Tuesday that it had no choice but to retaliate against new U.S. trade tariffs, raising the risk that U.S. President Donald Trump could soon impose duties on virtually all of the Chinese goods that America buys.

Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland will hold fresh talks on renewing NAFTA with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer in Washington on Wednesday, a spokesman for Freeland said on Tuesday

The U.S.-China trade war escalated further Tuesday, with China announcing retaliatory tax increases on $60 billion worth of U.S. imports, including coffee, honey and industrial chemicals

Professor Ryo Ikebe from the Senshu University of Japan has noted improvements in Vietnam’s economy and the two countries’ economic ties during an interview with Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 45 years of diplomatic relations.

The Chinese government may decline to participate in proposed trade talks with the United States later this month if the Trump administration moves forward with additional tariffs on imported Chinese goods, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing Chinese officials

“Mainland China remains an important manufacturing base for many companies. However, we have seen more hiring demand in Southeast Asian countries as many manufacturers are now expanding their production outside the mainland to prepare for the trade war,” according to Christine Greybe, DHR’s president and head of international.

Vietnamese companies, especially those in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta, should participate in trade promotion programmes if they want to expand exports to Japan, according to the Việt Nam Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade)

India and Sri Lanka are likely to sign a new trade deal by December and both countries should be more open in order to improve competitiveness and attract foreign direct investments, said Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations Chief Executive Rajat Kathuria

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development cited the risk of African Swine Flu (ASF) in a decision to suspend pork imports from Poland and Hungarystarting September 20.