Trade talk optimism fades as investors get reality check

INVESTORS' excitement over a supposed US-China trade deal died down on Tuesday, no doubt tempered by follow-up analyses that called the promises "meaningless" and nothing more than "low-hanging fruits" that China has offered before.

"China dodges more tariff hikes and gets more pork and soya beans that it needed anyway; the Americans get less angry farmers in crucial voting states," said Jeffrey Halley, senior market analyst for Asia-Pacific at Oanda.

"Everyone's a winner, but everything stays the same, as no progre…