https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2019/dec/04/trade-war-trump-china-deal-markets-uk-services-sector-economy-business-live?page=with:block-5de78a3b8f08bf648cb23914#block-5de78a3b8f08bf648cb23914

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Trade deal hopes boosts markets

In a surprise twist, European stock markets are all rallying.... as hopes of a US-China trade deal grow again.

Every index is up, with France, Italy andGermany rallying by over 1%, after unnamed sources claimed that Donald Trump had painted a too-gloomy picture of negotiations yesterday.

According to these insiders, a deal could still be reached this month.

Bloomberg has the details:

The people, who asked not to be identified, said that U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments Tuesday downplaying the urgency of a deal shouldn’t be understood to mean the talks were stalling, as he was speaking off the cuff. Recent U.S. legislation seeking to sanction Chinese officials over human-rights issues in Hong Kong and Xinjiang are unlikely to impact the talks, one person familiar with Beijing’s thinking said.

U.S. negotiators expect a phase-one deal with China to be completed before American tariffs are set to rise on Dec. 15, the people said. Outstanding issues in the talks include how to guarantee China’s purchases of U.S. agricultural goods and exactly which tariffs to roll back, they added.
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To get a deal done he can claim is good for us, but in reality it'll show the opposite. That's how he has done over and over again in the past. He'll pr it as a great accomplishment only he could do , but when exposed it will be just another horribly bad deal because of trump. His good is always bad for us. He'll break any deal he makes anyway and China is well aware of that.

There will be no trade deal, or at least none that improves the lot of Americans. There will be a big announcement, like with the Korean nukes, and the market will go crazy. Two days later the details will come out, it will be a complete bust, the market will dive and at at that point it will be over, so there will be no ability to say, "Nevermind, talks going well, agreement pending! Buy buy buy!"

Classic pump and dump, but they're manufacturing little peaks and valleys along the way to maximize the profits.

And the pension funds and municipal accounts are the patsies. That's you and me.

I don't buy this for a minute. Even if the negotiators are making progress, it ends up depending on what sort of pissy mood Trump is in.

I think he's making $$ on shorting the market somehow.

and it will eventually come out...

It's just like what had been done with the oil futures... Every time a storm was headed for the Gulf of Mexico, they went berserk and the markets would get rattled. Same for any sudden Nigerian "pipeline sabotage" (or hint at one).

If you can follow the manipulation you can get rich.

that the Impeachment walls are finally closing in. This is a tactic he uses when bad news comes out. He knows how to use the MSM and RW fake news. He learned it from the best, Roger Ailes. I expect more bazaar statements and actions are going to happen in these winding days.

I have a gut feel that he'll resign before the votes are cast. He knows being impeached will brand him a loser forever. Narcissists can't take that.

billions were made yesterday on the down
billions will be made today on the up


classic