Summary
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday he would meet with China's top trade envoy, raising hopes as the two sides pursue fraught negotiations that had appeared headed for a dead end.
As senior officials returned to the negotiating table amid a blitz of aggressive U.S. maneuvers, Trump said on Twitter that he would meet Friday with Vice Premier Liu He, sending U.S. stocks higher and helping to erase some the week's losses.
Trump, who has taken the global economy on a white-knuckle ride since launching multipronged trade offensives with China, Europe and other allies last year, reiterated Thursday that the outcome was down to him.
China's purchases of U.S. soybeans jumped in September after stagnating during the summer.
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