Dow futures briefly sink 400 points as Trump trade adviser declares China trade deal ‘over,’ then walks it back

U.S. stock-index futures Monday night briefly skidded by more than 400points, after White House trade adviser Peter Navarro implied to FoxNews in a late-Monday interview that a hard-fought trade agreement thatwas signed with China in January had been terminated by President Donald Trump.

Later, Navarro said his comments were taken out of context andthe phase-one pact remained in force. Trump also tweeted that the agreement was intact.

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China - US trade deal: World stocks pause at record peak as markets assess U.S.-China deal

World stocks inched ahead to a record high on Thursday after the United States and China signed an initial deal to defuse their 18-month trade war, though financial markets were wary as a number of thorny issues remained unresolved.

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