Asian shares firm as 'very good' trade talks boost risk appetite

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Asian shares and U.S. stock futures rose on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would meet with China's top trade negotiator, while sterling retreated after rallying on revived hopes of a possible Brexit deal. Investors' renewed appetite for riskier assets weighed on the safe-haven yen and U.S. Treasury prices, while oil stayed firm on comments about possible supply cuts from the head of OPEC.In early Asian trade, MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares..