Pound halts its decline on hopes a no-deal Brexit may yet be averted, while investors brush off Donald Trump's latest China outburst to help push Asian equities higher
In this file photo taken on December 14, 2017 a British one pound sterling coin is arranged for a photograph in front of a Union flag in London.
The move was a slap in the face for new Prime Minister Boris Johnson, with several members of his own Conservative party voting against him and defying a warning of an election in mid-October. The president threatened China that if it did not move quicker in negotiations it would get a worse trade deal from him if he won the next election in 2020.
In early trade, Hong Kong rose 1.5 percent, Shanghai, Singapore and Seoul each gained 0.4 percent and Taipei put on 0.7 percent.
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