Global markets buoyed by Donald Trump charm tactic

Donald Trump’s golf-course bonding with Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe cheered world markets on Monday as investors maintained hopes of “phenomenal” tax reforms from the US President. The clubhouse bonhomie between the leaders of the world’s biggest and third-biggest economies continued to underpin sentiment in equity markets after Wall Street shares hit a new high before the weekend. Analysts said Trump had softened his campaign rhetoric on currency manipulators, soothi