US and Chinese officials have reached a framework agreement, averting a potentially ruinous 157% tariff on Chinese goods while paving the way for a potential trade deal to be discussed between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping later this week.

U.S. stock-market futures gained Sunday after top negotiators for the U.S. and China expressed optimism that a new trade deal is in reach, ahead of a key meeting later this week between President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- A trade deal between the United States and China is drawing closer, officials from the world’s two largest economies said Sunday as they reached an initial consensus for President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to aim to finalize during their high-stakes meeting.

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed and Yoruk Bahceli NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Investors are heading into this week's trade talks between the U.S. and Chinese leaders with a sense of deja vu, excited by the proclamations of a truce and apprehensive the real deal may offer far less to celebrate.

President Trump will meet with Chinese President Xi on Thursday in an attempt to stop the trade war from escalating. Also, Trump terminated trade talks with Canada again after a TV ad played an audio of former President Ronald Reagan criticizing tariffs.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he's confident his country and the United States will reach a trade deal, saying U.S.

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