The big news overnight came from the South China Morning Post, which echoed what Bloomberg reported earlier this week, namely that the US and China have "tentatively" agreed to another truce in their trade war in order to resume talks aimed at resolving the dispute, with details of the agreement being laid out in press releases in advance of the meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump at the G-20 leaders summit in Osaka.

According to the report, such an agreement would avert the next round of tariffs on an additional $300 billion of Chinese imports, which if applied would extend punitive tariffs to virtually all the country's shipments to the United States.

Citing a source, the SCMP reported that Xi's price for holding the meeting in Osaka was that Trump delay additional tariffs, which of course is a risk: "The reality, though, is President Trump could always have a change of heart," the source said. "But the truce cake seems to have been baked."