I posted the news earlier there is a delegation from China to visit Washington for trade talks in late August
And, more here:
FX has responded with a bit of a shuffle about for currencies against the USD, generally along the lines of 'risk on' (or 'risk off stop losses being hit more like it)
- EUR, AUD, NZD, GBP, CAD all up against the USD
- Yen down a bit against the dollar
- CHF …. not a lot at all.
Gold had fallen heavily earlier and is wobbling about 10 dollars above its earlier low: