Stocks jumped higher on Monday after the United States and China said they would hold fire on further tariffs for the time being and try to settle differences through talks.
Major indexes in Hong Kong and Shanghai leaped more than 2.5% in morning trading in Asia, while Dow futures spiked about 450 points, or 1.8%. Stocks in Japan and Australia were also up more than 1%
"The good news is that this truce should be seen as Washington recognizing the potential damage on the US economy if tariffs escalate further," said Tai Hui, chief market strategist for Asia Pacific at JPMorgan Asset Management.
US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, agreed on Saturday to a temporary truce in the trade clash between the two countries. The US government will now hold off on raising tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods from 10% to 25% on January 1, according to a White House statement.
In exchange, China said it was willing to purchase a "very substantial" amount of agriculture, energy and other goods from the United States to help reduce the trade imbalance.
But the announcements are widely viewed by analysts as merely kicking the can down the road in the complex dispute between the world's two largest economies.
Beijing and Washington now have 90 days to make progress in talks over the main issues, which include US complaints that China forces American companies to hand over technology and steals their intellectual property through hacking.
"The negotiation is likely to remain challenging given the competition in a number of areas, especially technological development," Hui said, adding that "90 days is not very long to resolve these differences."
The Chinese government has repeatedly dismissed the US accusations that it uses underhand means to get hold of American technology.
If the two sides fail to reach a deal in the time period, the Trump administration will moved ahead with the tariff increase.
"Small rays of light" such as Saturday's agreement between the two leaders "create tactical opportunities for investors," said Kerry Craig, global market strategist at JPMorgan Asset Management.
But he urged caution going into the new year and pointed out that holding back on higher tariffs isn't the same as lifting the ones already in place.
"We anticipate that things are still likely to get worse before they get better," Craig said, warning the trade tensions will fuel more market volatility.
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