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“So the U.S. government being ‘open’ again is a relief. But the greater challenge ahead is to prevent another shutdown come 15th Feb. and to that end, headway in talks between Republicans and Democrats over the next three weeks is critical,” Mizuho Bank said in a commentary. “While how open both sides are on a border security deal remains in the foreground,

"It is the U.S.-China trade talks (Wed.-Thu.) that will be in the limelight.”

Talks aimed at resolving the impasse over Chinese technology ambitions and other issues are due to resume in Washington later in the week, led by the U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He.

Analysts are forecasting progress in redressing the trade imbalance between the world’s two largest economies, perhaps staving off further hikes in punitive tariffs imposed by both sides, but they expect gaps to remain on key problems such as China’s blueprint for state-led development of leading technologies.

www.marketwatch.com/story/asian-markets-mostly-rise-after-us-shutdown-ends-2019-01-27