New York — Stocks in the United States and Asia rallied on hopes for improving trade relations between the US and China, while the US dollar weakened for a fourth straight session against a basket of currencies.US President Donald Trump pledged on Sunday to help ZTE Corp "get back into business, fast" after a US ban crippled the Chinese technology company, offering a job-saving concession to Beijing ahead of high-stakes trade talks this week.Growing trade tensions have worried investors, with concerns about a global trade war feeding into increased volatility in the stock market in recent months."At least today, investors are looking at that as a sign that meaningful negotiations are going forward between the US and China on trade," Bucky Hellwig, senior vice president at BB&T Wealth Management in Birmingham, Alabama, said of the ZTE announcement.The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 141.37 points, or 0.57%, to 24,972.54, the S&P 500 gained 10.73 points, or 0.39%, to 2,738.45 and th...
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