tweet at 5:00pm: UK election exit poll: U.K. EXIT POLL FORECASTS MAJORITY FOR JOHNSON'S CONSERVATIVES tweet at 5:02pm: UK General Election Exit Poll Shows Conservative Party Winning Majority With 368 Seats Out Of 650Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party set to win UK election with a clear majority, exit poll shows The exit poll, a survey of thousands of voters that has been accurate in recent years, was released soon after voting stations around the U.K. closed at 10 p.m. London time. The result of the election will have a decisive effect on the direction that Brexit takes, three-and-a-half years since the U.K.’s referendum on EU membership. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit divorce deal has been agreed in principle by the U.K. Parliament, but is yet to be fully ratified by lawmakers. There has been deep divisions over the deal on offer, and how close the U.K. should stay aligned to the EU after its departure from the bloc. The future of the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland has also been a major sticking point. The impasse and political chaos in the House of Commons ultimately led to Thursday’s snap general election as Johnson lost the slim majority he held in the U.K.’s lower chamber of Pa

tweet at 9:35am: Getting VERY close to a BIG DEAL with China. They want it, and so do we!

tweet at 2:30pm: US REACH DEAL IN PRINCIPLE WITH CHINA AWAITS TRUMP SIGNOFF

tweet at 10:01am: U.S. NEGOTIATORS OFFER TO CUT EXISTING TARIFF RATES BY UP TO 50% ON $360 BILLION OF CHINESE IMPORTS - WSJ CITING SOURCES

tweet at 10:21am: @realdonaldtrump said that China and the US are getting "very close" to a deal, but this could just be another trick to boost stock markets. China wants to see real actions not just words to show sincerity such as rolling back tariffs: Mei Xinyu, an expert close to MOFCOM.