Both China and the US have scheduled further tariff increases for December, and Europe is considering retaliation against any US action
In recent months, workers began testing and assembling Apple's iPhone X, which will be sold in India first and eventually exported
The ongoing trade dispute between the world's two largest economies have roiled financial markets and threatened global economic growth
Meanwhile, China is seeking the roll back of US tariffs on as much as $360 billion of Chinese imports before President Xi agrees to go to the US to sign a partial trade deal with Trump
Total Chinese exports were off 2.5 per cent from a year earlier despite weakening global demand while imports were up 0.2 per cent
Indian funds did better than Asian ones in only four out of the ten months of 2019 so far
The Communist Party newspaper Global Times ran several articles Monday that emphasized there would be no deal without a promise to phase out the tariffs imposed by Washington
China's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that legislation signed by Trump on Wednesday backing protesters in Hong Kong was a serious interference in Chinese affairs
A source familiar with the trade talks also told Reuters that US officials could travel to China after Thursday's Thanksgiving holiday in the United States
Trump prompted questions about his commitment to protecting freedoms in Hong Kong when he referred in August to its mass street protests as "riots" that were a matter for China to deal with
Refinitiv data showed analysts raised estimates for large and mid-cap firms by 0.8% over the past month. They now expect earnings to grow 13% in 2020
Brent crude futures LCOc1 were up 12 cents at $63.51 a barrel by 1127 GMT. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 was flat at $57.80
China's most obvious method of retaliation would be to stop buying American goods
The latest news on the trade deal came after a series of headlines earlier this week that suggested ongoing talks were unraveling
The duties under discussion for a potential rollback include the initial tariffs on some $250 billion in Chinese goods that President Donald Trump imposed last year, according to two people
Profits at Chinese companies grew 10% in the July-September period, beating the 2% growth rate analysts had predicted
Wall Street's main indexes hit record highs at the open on upbeat comments related to US-China trade talks and strong earnings
The degree of tariff cancellation should fully reflect the importance of a 'phase one' agreement, China said
Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping had planned to sign "phase one" of the deal at an international conference this month in Chile that was canceled because of social unrest in that country
Trump said on Saturday that talks with China were moving along "very nicely"