Scott Bessent told NBC News that President Donald Trump would most likely visit Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing early next year.

According to a Reuters poll of economists, the Bank of Canada is expected to implement a 25-basis-point interest rate reduction on October 29, marking its second consecutive cut, as it moves to bolster an economy vulnerable to U.S. tariff threats.

Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University highlights the further deepening of trade relations between China and ASEAN countries, calling them the "most important part of ASEAN development for the next 20 years".

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday he would meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the APEC summit later this week.

But that could also set Canada on another collision course with the Trump administration. During his trip to Asia, Mr. Trump signed trade deals that committed Cambodia and Malaysia to buy American liquefied natural gas, though it is unclear how the United States would enforce those pledges.

U.S. President Donald Trump met Japan's new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, in Tokyo on Tuesday (October 28) for talks on trade and security, praising her elevation as the country's first female leader and her pledge to accelerate a military buildup.

US President Donald Trump arrived in Malaysia on Sunday on the first leg of an Asian tour that will include high-stakes trade talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. US-China trade talks in the Malaysian capital entered a second day on Sunday,