Many economists and experts are dubious about enforcement of the Phase 1 agreement
China has pledged to buy almost $80 billion of additional manufactured goods from the United States
US President Donald Trump is due to sign the trade pact with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He at a ceremony at the White House, marking a truce after 18 months of tit-for-tat tensions
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The global equity markets overall may prove directionless in 2020, but individual stocks still look capable of powering ahead. Investors will need to focus on stock-picking
Among the weak spots was the department store operator Kohl's Corp , which slid 9.2% after reporting lower holiday season sales
The biggest boost to the main indexes were the FAANG group of stocks - Alphabet Inc, Facebook Inc, Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc and Netflix Inc - after bullish brokerage comments
Another trigger for the rally is the expectation of an improvement in the European auto market
The manufacturing purchasing managers' index remained at 50.2, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday.
China bought $130 billion in US goods in 2017, before the trade war began, and $56 billion in services, US data show.
Market experts attributed this strong show to a host of factors including corporate tax rate cuts, strong institutional flows and expectations of positive outcome from the US-China trade deal
A bright spot was its smartphone business, posting "robust growth" with 240 million units shipped in 2019.
The Phase 1 deal, struck earlier this month, is expected to reduce tariffs and boost Chinese purchases of American farm, energy and manufactured goods while addressing some disputes over intellectual
Debt-laden companies get heavily punished amid uncertainties over economic growth
The rupee's weakness against the dollar, however increased cost of imports, pushing consumers from buying gold unless necessary.
Gig workers, National Register of Citizens and the conundrum with Muslims, US-China Trade War are some of the issues opinion writers tackle
The Trump administration will have to wait for a new phase of negotiations to try to achieve its goal of bringing structural reforms in China's economic and trade policies
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) -- signed into law last week -- bars the use of federal funds to buy railcars and buses from China, and slows the lifting of sanctions on Huawei
The Phase One deal was announced earlier this month as part of a bid to end the months-long tit-for-tat trade war between the world's two largest economies
Foreign institutional investors seem to be booking profit though, having shed shares worth Rs 435 crore in Dec