This week, China and El Salvador announced that they will start the negotiations for a trade agreement. This will be the fourth set of trade talks between a Latin American country and China that have begun this year, as China's trade with the region has been growing steadily.

Negotiations on a free trade agreement between China and Sri Lanka are underway after a five-year standstill, according to officials on both sides.

Last week, China and Ecuador announced an agreement to restructure Ecuador's $4.4 billion in outstanding debt, and also advanced trade talks and said they hoped to reach a trade deal by December.

The Chinese foreign minister and his GCC counterparts met this week, with the two sides agreeing to "reach [] common ground" on a trade agreement "at an early date."

Yesterday, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative released a "negotiating mandate" for the "U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade." The press release from the Office of Trade Negotiation under Taiwan's Executive Yuan noted that both Taiwan and the United States "

China and Nicaragua announced that they will launch a free trade agreement (FTA) negotiation, and in the meantime agreed on some tariff cuts that will lay the foundation for the FTA.

The United States and Taiwan announced today that they would launch a new initiative on bilateral trade issues. In the absence of a free trade agreement, which does not appear likely any time soon, this could end up being the most significant formal bilateral trade-related negotiation between the two governments