US President Donald Trump said he was confident of hashing out a deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping, whom he is expected to meet next week, after top economic officials from both countries reached a preliminary consensus in trade talks that concluded on Sunday.

The United States and Vietnam will finalise a trade agreement in the coming weeks that will maintain 20 percent tariffs on most Vietnamese goods but lift duties on certain products that will be decided at a later stage, the White House said on Sunday.

Analysts and traders expect the bank will plough ahead with a quarter percentage-point cut

Trump would also sign a critical minerals agreement with Malaysia

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said in Malaysia

The US president announced the higher tariffs in a Truth Social post

Indian oil refiners can shift away from Russian crude after US President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on Moscow’s two largest oil companies -- but the move will come at a cost, analysts said Friday.

China and the United States began their latest round of trade talks in Malaysia on Saturday, a US Treasury spokesman and Beijing’s state media said, ahead of a highly anticipated meeting of their leaders in South Korea next week.

The world's two biggest economies are seeking to avoid further escalating a damaging tit-for-tat tariff war

The world may be underestimating the difficulty of loosening China’s stranglehold on critical minerals.

The rules-based international trade system is in danger, UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday, amid spiralling debt, heavy tariffs and financial insecurity for emerging nations.

Beijing this month announced sweeping controls on the critical rare earths industry

Russian oil is a main irritant for US President Donald Trump in prolonged trade talks with India.

China’s total domination of rare earths production could soon be challenged, a leading miner said Wednesday after the United States struck a breakthrough minerals deal with Australia.

For Bangladesh, supply disruptions of rare earths could raise global component prices

At one point Wednesday it hit a low of $4,000

The imminent investigation would consider whether US trading partners are underpaying for drugs

China’s President Xi Jinping won’t exactly be quaking in his boots after reading the terms of a critical minerals pact signed by his US and Australian counterparts on Monday.

Goldman Sachs flagged mounting risks to global supply chains of rare earths and other critical minerals, emphasising China’s dominance in mining and refining, and outlining challenges for nations seeking to build independent supply chains.

Australia is among the world's top five producers of lithium, cobalt and manganese