Yuan, stocks rally as investors bet on imminent U.S.-China deal signing
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian shares rose, China's yuan jumped and safe-harbour assets slipped on Tuesday, amid signs of goodwill between China and the United States, as the world's two biggest economies prepared to sign a truce in their bitter trade war. The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday said China should no longer be designated a currency manipulator - a label it applied as the yuan dropped in August.Beijing, meanwhile, allowed the tightly managed currency to climb to its highest point..