Asia shares at six-week high on trade progress, ECB easing
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TOKYO/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian stocks climbed to their highest in six weeks on Friday, as signs of progress in U.S.-China trade talks and aggressive stimulus from the European Central Bank helped to calm fears of a global economic slowdown.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged up 0.5% to their highest since Aug. 1, while Japan's Nikkei rose more than 1.0% to four-month highs. Markets in mainland China and South Korea were closed for public holidays. European..