JSE lifts on hopes of trade truce between US and China
The European Central Bank is expected to announce its decision on monetary policy later on Thursday
12 September 2019 - 11:21
The JSE was higher on Thursday morning, tracking most global markets as more positive news in the US-China trade dispute lifted sentiment.
US president Donald Trump said on Thursday that the US and China had agreed to postpone the 25%-30% tariff on $250bn worth of the latter's imports. Trump said the imposition of the tariffs would be moved from October 1 to October 15 as a “gesture of good will”. On Wednesday, China exempted 16 US products from additional tariffs. ..
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