Easing trade tensions fuel pre-Christmas shares rally
by Larry Elliott Economics editor from Economics | The Guardian on (#4WZ1E)
Donald Trump promises that a US-China trade pact will be signed 'very shortly'
A pre-Christmas rally fuelled by hopes of waning trade tensions have pushed share prices to a fresh high and on course for their biggest rise in a decade.
Donald Trump's promise that a US-China trade pact would be signed "very shortly" sent the MSCI gauge of stock markets around the world to new record levels.
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