Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is keeping the focus of his trip to China on trade and business rather than tensions like Taiwan and Beijing’s military expansion.

The coming months will be crucial for India’s global trade relations, as the government intensifies negotiations with major partners such as the European Union (EU), the United States, and the ASEAN bloc, officials from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said on Tuesday.

Claudia Sheinbaum, the President of Mexico, cautioned that the country intends to take strong action against the US if Trump’s new tariff on Mexican imports is not suspended.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on U.S. businesses to continue supporting the Vietnamese government in dialogues with U.S. agencies to soon reach "a reasonable, detailed tariff agreement for individual products and product groups".

The European Union (EU) and Mexico have expressed disappointment at US President Donald Trump's threat to impose 30% tariffs on their imports from 1 August.

The EU is preparing to step up its engagement with other countries hit by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs following a slew of new threats to the bloc and other American trading partners, according to people familiar with the matter.

South Korea's top trade envoy said on Monday it may be possible to strike an "in-principle" trade deal with the United States by an August 1 deadline, but time is short to work out a detailed package seeking exemption from punishing US tariffs, media reports said.

French president says bloc should be ready for trade war after 30% tariff threat but other EU leaders call for calm.

President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened duties of 30% on products from Mexico and the European Union, two of America’s biggest trading partners, in an ongoing tariff campaign that’s upended global trade since he retook office in January.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States would impose a 35% tariff on imports from Canada next month and planned to impose blanket tariffs of 15% or 20% on most other trading partners.