US stocks edged higher on Tuesday, as investors picked up beaten-down technology and industrial stocks following optimistic comments from Washington and Beijing that tempered concerns about a further escalation in the trade war.
The S&P 500 and the Dow recorded their largest percentage drops since January 3 on Monday in one of Wall Street's worst selloffs this year after China hit back with tariffs on $60 billion worth US goods.
US President Donald Trump said on Monday he would talk to Chinese President Xi Jinping at a G20 Summit in late June and China said both sides have agreed to

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