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Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed as investors assessed the phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Trump and Xi spoke on Thursday and agreed that officials from the U.S. and China will meet soon to continue negotiations aimed at ending the ongoing trade war.
The call, which Trump described as “very good,” lasted for about 90 minutes, focusing “almost entirely” on trade and yielded a “very positive conclusion for both countries,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225
