The Vice President of China Wang Qishan has met with the Foreign Minister of Chile Roberto Ampuero and both sides have agreed to enhance partnership on development and political cooperation.
On Friday, a cyber-security centre was opened in Thailand to train workers from ASEAN states to help to resist cyber threats as a result of negotiations between Japan and ASEAN states.
The Democratic leader of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi claimed that NAFTA needs to be maintained as a trilateral deal between the US, Canada and Mexico and not just as a Mexico-US agreement.
An expected tranche of $3B that the IMF was expecting to transfer to Argentina to help the government to pay country's debt obligations has been put on hold as the government is trying to negotiate the agreement's terms.
On Friday, Volvo Cars asked the administration of the US President Donald Trump to exempt company's Chinese-made SUV Volvo XC60 from new 25% tariffs on goods which are made in China.
The US President Donald Trump ordered his aides to consider the opportunity of implementation of the another set of tariffs on $200B of Chinese goods despite the recent trade talks.
On Friday, the US Air Force claimed that it has decided to choose Lockheed Martin to build 22 next-generation GPS satellites $7.2B worth as a part of the satellites modernisation plan.
On Friday, the US State Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed that Russia is actively working on undermining the North Korean sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council.
On Friday, the investments and trade ministers of G20 states urged to reform The World Trade Organisation after the implementation of the new trade tariffs by the US President Donald Trump.
On Saturday, The National Bureau of Statistics of China claimed that the average new home price in China rose 1.4% in August in comparison to a previous month, hitting new two-years high.
On Friday, the UK Brexit Minister Dominic Raab said that the European Union and the United Kingdom are closing in on a withdrawal deal.
On Thursday, the International Monetary Fund said that Russia could benefit from more interest rate reductions if inflation is controlled.
On Friday, the US Energy Secretary Rick Perry said that Russia, Saudi Arabia and the United States could raise global oil output between them to offset fall in Iran supplier in the next 18 months.
On Friday, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United Kingdom of using poisoned former Russian agent Sergei Skripal to rally its European allies.
On Friday, Paul Manafort, the ex-campaign manager of the US President Donald Trump, agreed to cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
On Friday, US shares edged lower after the US President Donald Trump approved additional tariffs worth of $200 billion on Chinese imports.
The Bank of England and the UK largest banks were prepared for a hard Brexit, the Governor of the Bank Mark Carney stated, due to reports he warned that it could cause a crash in house prices.
Charles Evans, the Chicago Federal Reserve President, stated that two further rate hikes in 2018 by the US Central Bank would not be surprising, given the strong state of the economy.
The US business inventories increased solidly in the month of July, boosted by a stronger than initially estimated rise in the motor vehicles stock, the Commerce Department stated.
The US retail sales revealed the smallest gain in the six-month period in August, as consumers diminished purchases on clothing and motor vehicles, the report showed.
The US import prices showed their biggest decline in more than a year and a half in August, due to falls in the fuels' cost and a range of other goods.
The US industrial production increased in August, as solid output in car manufacturing offset lacklustre production in the remaining part of the factory sector.
Volkswagen announced it would halt production of the Beetle compact car next year, as the carmaker seeks for a leap towards the future of e-cars.
On Friday, Santander UK stated it would establish a new $200M worth technology hub in Milton Keynes, England that should house more than 5K staff.