Nissan is showing the beefed up version of its hit Leaf electric car as the Japanese automaker seeks to distance itself from the arrest of its star executive Carlos Ghosn.

The unveiling Wednesday at Nissan Motor Co.'s Yokohama headquarters, southwest of Tokyo, had been postponed when Ghosn was arrested Nov. 19.

US and Chinese officials extended trade war talks into a third day on Wednesday, with a member of the American delegation saying negotiations "went just fine".

The US officials have been in Beijing since Monday for the first sit-down talks since President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed on December 1 to a three-month truce on a tit-for-tat trade spat.

Canada's trade deficit with the world widened to Can$2.1 billion (US$1.6 billion) in November, as exports fell for a fourth consecutive month, according to government data released Tuesday.

Fears of a chaotic Brexit are "good news" for Neil Powell, a British warehouse business manager who has seen a boom in orders from companies stockpiling to avoid supply problems.

Malaysia said Tuesday it was investigating claims China offered to help bail out scandal-hit state fund 1MDB and get foreign probes into the controversy dropped in return for securing infrastructure deals.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said negotiators were making progress toward ending the current trade war with China but he offered no details.

It will be "very difficult" to win bail for former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn before trial and it could take six months before his case reaches court, his lawyer said Tuesday.

Tesla boss Elon Musk presided Monday over the ground-breaking for a Shanghai factory that will allow the electric-car manufacturer to dodge the China-U.S. tariff crossfire and sell directly to the world's biggest market for "green" vehicles.

China's economy is more vulnerable to the fallout in the current trade stand-off with Washington and already has been hurt by the dispute, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Monday.

Denmark plans to build nine artificial islands in southern Copenhagen in a bid to attract businesses, the government announced on Monday, amid a housing and office space shortage.