Asian shares edge up on hints of progress in trade talks
Markets welcome reports of planned meetings between US and Chinese officials next week
24 July 2019 - 08:04
Sydney — Asian shares on Wednesday gave a guarded welcome to hints of progress in the Sino-US trade saga, while the dollar hit two-month highs on the euro as investors wagered on a dovish outcome from the European Central Bank's coming policy meeting.
Sentiment had been helped by a Bloomberg report that US trade representative Robert Lighthizer would travel to Shanghai next week for meetings with Chinese officials...
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