Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday tracking shares after the signing of a trade deal between the US and China. Photo: AP

US markets lose early gains on phase one trade war deal signing as traders worry about wider issues

Dow industrials jump as much as 206 points ahead of signing, then regroup as assessments are made
Beyond tariffs, analysts note, numerous other issues continue to plague the US-China relationship

Topic | US-China trade war

Jodi Xu Klein in New York

Published: 4:35am, 16 Jan, 2020

Updated: 10:58pm, 16 Jan, 2020

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday tracking shares after the signing of a trade deal between the US and China. Photo: AP

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Jodi Xu Klein

Jodi Xu Klein is an award-winning business journalist with 20 years of experience. She joined the Post in 2017, after a decade based in the US reporting for The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg. She was part of the Time Magazine team that won the Henry R. Luce Award, breaking the China SARS story.