New York — Global equity markets eased on Monday as investors awaited the first meeting later this week between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, as the dollar gained amid a positive US backdrop of rising interest rates.European shares touched a 16-month high before paring gains as they tracked Asian shares higher in the wake of upbeat manufacturing data out of Europe and China.Shares on Wall Street fell in morning trading as investors assessed how Trump’s protectionist stance on trade will play out during meetings with Xi slated for Thursday and Friday.Trump held out the possibility, in an interview published on Sunday by the Financial Times, of using trade as a lever to secure Chinese cooperation against North Korea."The market will be anxious and will be eager to glean whatever they get from those talks," said Andre Bakhos, managing director at Janlyn Capital in Bernardsville, New Jersey."The market was a little taken aback by Trump’s comments recently a...
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