Beijing is trying to win over other countries with vows of economic cooperation. But it won’t back down from its territorial claims, experts predict.

Wall Street's three major indexes rose sharply on Monday with the S&P 500 marking its highest level since early March as a U.S.-China agreement to temporarily slash tariffs brought some hopes for the easing of a global trade war,

The negotiations mark a significant de-escalation in Trump’s global tariff offensive, which had sent US stocks tumbling as much as 15 per cent following Trump’s “liberation day” announcement. Trump had paused most of the so-called reciprocal tariffs a week after they were announced,