Stocks opened higher Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up by triple digits, on optimism that China and the United States are close to settling an economically damaging trade dispute.

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U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross predicted that Beijing and Washington could reach a trade deal that “we can live with” as officials from the world’s two biggest economies resumed talks looking to end their trade dispute.

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