TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar held firm on Tuesday after some signs of rapprochement between Washington and Beijing soothed investors’ nerves after trade tensions between the world’s biggest economies escalated yet again late last week and over the weekend.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he expected to sign a trade deal with China, calming nerves after a round of tit-for-tat tariff hikes had sent markets reeling.

TOKYO (Reuters) - The yen surged on Monday as investors flocked to safe-haven assets after a sharp re-escalation in the U.S.-China trade war, which whacked investor confidence and darkened the global economic outlook.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Monday, pushing U.S. crude to its lowest in more than two weeks, as a ratcheting up of tensions in the U.S.-China war knocked confidence in the global economy.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares sank on Monday as the latest salvo in the Sino-U.S. trade war shook confidence in the world economy and sent investors steaming to the safe harbors of sovereign bonds and gold, while slugging emerging market currencies.

TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar held firm in Asia on Friday on expectations Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will, in a pivotal speech, stick with his message that the U.S. central bank has not entered a prolonged monetary easing cycle.