Asian shares mostly gain amid cautious relief over U.S.-China agreement

Asian Stocks Set for Cautious Open as Rally Wavers: Markets Wrap

Asian equities were poised to open cautiously on Thursday as Wall Street showed signs of exhaustion following a surge for risk assets sparked by US-China trade talks.

Asian shares mostly gain amid cautious relief over U.S.-China agreement

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday as a cautious sense of relief spread through regional markets after the U.S. and China agreed to a 90-day pause in their trade war. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 lost 0.8% to 37,874.59. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 shed 0.1% to 8,260.40. South Korea’s Kospi surged 1.1% to 2,635.86. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng jumped 1.1% to 23,367.57, while the Shanghai Composite gained 0.1% to 3,377.75. The relief over…

Analysis: What the China-U.S. Tariff Truce Doesn’t Solve

Analysis: What the China-U.S. Tariff Truce Doesn’t Solve - With several key issues still pending the U.S.-China tariff negotiation is expected to be a prolonged tug-of-war

The agreement announced by the Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, immediately reduces effective tariffs on China: the record 145% punishment applied in April is passed to 35% for 90 days. The official message is clear—“Neither the United States nor China want to decouple”—and the equally explicit objective: to prevent bilateral trade from freezing and prices from spreading for companies dependent on imports.Oxygen for consumption and grow…

U.S.–China Tariff Truce: What It Means for Everyday Consumers - Asian Journal News

Following months of rising tensions and economic uncertainty, the United States and China have reached a 90-day agreement to drastically scale back tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars in traded goods. Announced after intensive negotiations in Geneva, the deal represents the most substantial pause in their long-running trade war and is expected to bring short-term relief to global markets,…

Shares up slightly, dollar struggles as investors consider tariff truce

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