India, Oct. 22 -- European stocks look set to open higher on Tuesday as investors cheered further signs of progress toward a resolution of the trade dispute between the United States and China.

Hopes for a Brexit deal may also offer some support despite Prime Minister Boris Johnson facing a potentially perilous ratification of his Brexit divorce deal in the British parliament.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said that China had already begun promised purchases of farm goods and that the first part of a wider commitment was almost complete.

Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said efforts to commit the agreement to paper before the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Chile next month are "on track" though some work remain...