President Donald Trump will make his trade deal decisions this week even as separate negotiations with China and the European Union continue, U.S. Commerce chief Howard Lutnick said on Tuesday ahead of Trump's self-imposed Aug.

The pacts are also drawing comparisons to the Phase One trade deal reached during President Donald Trump’s first term. Analysts expect the investment pledges to go the way of the agricultural purchases China promised and never delivered upon, especially as the vows don’t appear to be legally binding.

A U.S.-China policy expert explains what each country wants from a trade deal as top officials meet this week.

Asian equities were mostly higher overnight as Vietnam and Indonesia outperformed while Japan and India underperformed. Hong Kong and Mainland China were both higher overnight on high volumes as health care stocks outperformed,

Investors will not be able to look away over the coming week as every single day could produce significant market-moving news.

China and the U.S. have agreed to continue their tariff pauses on each other, according to China's top trade official