BEIJING: The prospects for a preliminary breakthrough in the US-China trade war improved on Thursday after the two sides agreed to reduce some punitive tariffs on each other’s goods, though the full extent of the rollback wasn’t clear.

A Chinese spokesman announced the development on Thursday as talks on ending the trade war progressed, and it triggered a rally in US stock markets.

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