LONDON — European stocks are expected to start the new trading week on a positive note as traders look ahead to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s meeting, more earnings and signs of a rapprochement between Washington and Beijing.

The U.K.’s FTSE

index is seen opening 0.2% higher, Germany’s DAX

up 0.43%, France’s CAC 40

up 0.48% and Italy’s FTSE MIB