President Donald Trump attempted to settle stock market jitters Friday morning after traders nearly wiped out the year's gains following the White House's threat of an all-out trade brawl with China. Before departing the White House for a law enforcement event in Kansas City, the president reassured investors with a tweet that said: 'China talks are going very well!' The arrest of the heiress to a top Chinese telecommunications firm this week further intensified concerns that the ceasefire would be short-lived. 'Unless extended, they will end 90 days from the date of our wonderful and very warm dinner with President Xi in Argentina,' Trump asserted. President Xi and I want this deal to happen, and it probably will.'

Source: Daily Mail December 07, 2018 19:30 UTC