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Analysis-Trump's tariff blitz yields deals but misses global trade fix

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump's tariff blitz is yielding some initial deals, including a 90-day pause in sky-high U.S. and Chinese duties and a limited trade pact with Britain, but the U.S. president is far from rebalancing global commerce flows, trade experts and analysts said. The weekend U.S.-China tariff truce unleashed a surge in global stock prices and may stave off damage from price spikes and critical minerals shortages until August, but does nothing to address longstanding U.S. complaints about China's state-dominated, export-driven economic model. Instead, it sets a tight new deadline for complex negotiations with Beijing that will take place alongside talks with dozens of other countries facing an earlier, July 8 deadline to avoid higher tariffs - stretching the Trump administration's limited negotiating resources.

Fund managers most underweight on US dollar since 2006, BofA says

LONDON (Reuters) -Global asset managers held their biggest underweight position in the dollar in 19 years in May, as President Donald Trump's chaotic trade policy cut investor appetite for U.S. assets, Bank of America's global fund manager survey (FMS) showed on Tuesday. The United States and China have agreed to a 90-day trade truce, after weekend talks in Geneva to break the deadlock between the world's two largest economies. Fund managers cut their cash levels to 4.5% from 4.8%, often a sign of confidence, but held the largest underweight position in the U.S. dollar since May 2006, the bank said.