Indian and U.S. officials discussed trade issues including the reduction of tariffs and easing of non-tariff barriers, making progress towards a bilateral trade agreement during several days of talks in New Delhi, they said on Saturday.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and European Commission Vice President Teresa Ribera on Friday urged the United States to reconsider new tariffs on goods from Europe and open a dialogue with Brussels to stop what Sanchez described as "nonsense".

Thailand’s exports could be at risk due to the trade policies of the Trump administration, the Trade Policy and Strategy Office (TPSO) has warned.

US President Donald Trump is urging senior advisers to take a more aggressive stance on tariffs, as the administration prepares for a major escalation in its global trade war, The Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing four people familiar with the matter.

US President Donald Trump said he spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, and that the two would meet after Canada’s election, amid an intensifying tariff war between the neighbouring allies and major trading partners.

US President Donald Trump signed an order to implement a 25% tariff on auto imports, expanding a trade war designed to bring more manufacturing jobs to the US and setting the stage for an even broader push on levies next week.

The European Union (EU) expects the US to apply a double-digit tariff rate across the bloc when US President Donald Trump announces a sweeping package of so-called reciprocal duties on April 2.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said he won’t rule out taking countermeasures against the Trump administration’s 25% tariff on US car imports.

Top trade officials from South Korea and Japan are set to meet with their Chinese counterpart in Seoul this weekend to discuss economic cooperation as they seek ways to respond to increasing trade pressure from the US, according to a media report.

Taiwan's central bank on Wednesday defended the island's trade and currency record ahead of possible tariffs from US President Donald Trump, saying the high current account surplus was a structural problem and Washington understood that.