18-01-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com

Wall Street extends rally on U.S.-China trade optimism

The market was boosted after a Bloomberg report said China sought to raise its annual goods imports from the United States by a combined value of more than $1 trillion in order to reduce its trade surplus to zero by 2024.The news followed a report on Thursday that U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin was considering lifting some or all tariffs imposed on Chinese imports.A Treasury spokesman denied Mnuchin had made any such recommendation.
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