China and Norway have set a timeframe within which they will resume negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA).

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) committed to free trade and economic integration on Friday, as protectionism takes hold in the US and the UK.

Trade ministers gathered in Toronto Friday to congratulate each other for pledging to lower internal trade barriers that have irritated businesses for decades.

China and Norway signed a pact on Friday to resume free trade negotiations, marking the end of a six-year diplomatic freeze, a move China called internationally significant, against the backdrop of a rise in protectionist sentiment worldwide.

WTO members have discussed the relationship between trade facilitation provisions in regional trade agreements (RTAs) and the World Trade Organization's (WTO's) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA).

Australia is a step closer to a free trade deal with the European Union, after finally reaching agreement on what such a deal might cover on Thursday.

India and Australia will not sign the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement during the visit of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that begins on Sunday, officials on both sides confirmed on Thursday. They, however, said the negotiations on the free trade pact would continue.

After more than four decades of trade being governed by EU policies, Brexit means UK-Africa trading relations are now at a crossroads.

Talks on the post-Brexit relationship between Switzerland and the UK are underway, according to the Swiss Federal Council.

The presence of the Sultan of Brunei at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in November in Vietnam is expected to help tighten bilateral relations and bolster two-way trade towards the target of US$500 million by 2025.