China's Foreign Ministry is taking a friendly stance towards both the UK and the US, saying Beijing is open to advancing bilateral trade and investment cooperation with either or both of these countries.

US - University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture projections indicate that the signing of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in March 2018 could disadvantage US beef exports to Japan, a stumbling block that US beef producers can ill afford.

Vietnam has for the first time ever become China’s biggest trade partner in the Asean bloc, with two-way trade hitting over US$10 billion for every month of 2018.

Sixteen economies, including Japan, China and 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, concluded negotiations in two more areas covered by the envisaged Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership free trade agreement.

Mexico and the United States have agreed to step up talks on updating the Nafta trade deal in hopes of reaching an agreement on major issues by next month, Mexican Economy Secretary Ildefonso Guajardo said.

Only a day after the EU and U.S. struck a peace deal on trade, cracks are emerging over the sensitive topic of farming.

Mexican and Canadian officials are optimistic they can reach a Nafta trade deal with the U.S. in the next several months, even amid sticking points on car production, an automatic expiration clause and President Donald Trump’s threats to impose tariffs on foreign vehicles.

The UK and EU's chief Brexit negotiators, Dominic Raab and Michel Barnier, are to hold face-to-face talks in Brussels today.

Tight checks by Chinese customs officials to halt the smuggling of scrap steel to Southeast Asia have forced some exporters to cancel or delay shipments, benefiting rivals like Russia that are prowling for market share amid a raging Sino-U.S. trade war.

For years, China has consistently been Vietnam's largest trading partner and its second largest export market. To realise the US$100 billion mark in bilateral trade, the two sides should develop flexible mechanisms to promote trade promotion and support enterprises in cross-border trade.