Countries like Taiwan, Thailand and Malaysia are luring more electronics and computer companies to their shores
It was unclear if Trump was easing up on US demands that China has resisted
The US levied tariffs of 10 per cent on $200 billion of Chinese products in September, with the rate set to increase to 25 per cent by the end of the year
US companies operating in China believe they are suffering more from the trade dispute than firms from other countries
Abe is expected to meet with President Xi Jinping later on Friday in the first full-scale Sino-Japanese summit since 2011
The fair aims to advertise China's importance as a market for foreign goods and recent moves to encourage trade and investment
Southeast Asia is finding there's some upside to the trade war, as it becomes an alternative base for firms relocating production away from China to avoid levies
The showdown at WTO that could either lead to a US exit or a flood of new protectionist measures invoking what has until now been a rarely used national security loophole in global trade rules
'Chinese sellers on EBay and other platforms may disappear, or at the very least they will not find it so easy to sell to Americans anymore'
The US has helped rebuilt China, Trump said
The fear is, however, that the fallout will become much worse
Policy makers also warned on the impact of rising interest rates and market volatility
The reported meeting would take place during the G-20 summit in Argentina in late November
The United States and China have slapped tit-for-tat tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of each other's goods over the past few months
'Today's growth headwinds, from financial market tightening to trade tensions, could persist for some time'
It will be an empty prize, to become the most successful economy in a drowning world, said Indonesian President Joko Widodo
The US last month slapped tariffs on a further $200 billion in Chinese goods, prompting Beijing to retaliate on $60 billion in American products
Lagarde urged countries to 'de-escalate' trade frictions and fix global trading rules, rather than abandon them
Trade tensions have emerged, and a further escalation may damage market sentiment and significantly harm global growth, IMF said
Besides slapping additional tariffs on Chinese exports, US has also imposed sanctions on a Chinese military unit for securing Russian weapon systems like S-400 missiles and Su-35 fighters