Record Highs: Trade Deal Hopes Fuel Stock Market Surge to Fresh Peaks
Trade Deal Hopes Ignite Global Rally Global stock markets are surging on mere hopes of a U.S.-China trade peace. Over the weekend, high-level talks yielded “significant advances” toward an agreement to resolve the long-running trade war ts2.tech. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described a “very substantial framework” now in place, and China’s negotiator Li Chenggang said both sides reached a preliminary consensus toward a deal ts2.tech ts2.tech. While no agreement is signed yet, the prospect of a truce has been enough to send markets to new heights torre.news. Presidents Trump and Xi are slated to meet Thursday (Oct. 30) in