Sydney — Asian shares rebounded on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump provided assurance that the US-China trade pact was “fully intact”, after confusing statements from the White House earlier over the fate of the deal.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.6% to 516.6 points after earlier going as low as 509.9. Chinese shares regained lost ground too, with the blue-chip index last up 0.3%...

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