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FBN's Stuart Varney on the state of China's economy and its impact on the country's trade negotiations with the Trump administration.

Stocks opened broadly higher on Wall Street after President Donald Trump agreed to hold off on raising tariffs on Chinese goods, which would have escalated a damaging trade war between the world's two largest economies.

The decision announced late Monday night helped nudge up the Russian ruble.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged after Kudlow’s comments.

President Trump said he expects to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping soon in an effort to iron out a trade deal between the two countries.

Thursday was the busiest reporting day of the current earnings reporting season.

It's not the first setback for the U.S. technology giant, said Microsoft President Brad Smith in an exclusive interview on FOX Business.

The court did not give a reason for the denial.

Some called for a boycott of the restaurant chain.

Ghosn, 64, and in custody since his Nov. 19 arrest, is due for a bail hearing Monday after his bail request was denied by a Tokyo court last week.

Ghosn, charged with three counts of financial misconduct, has been detained in Tokyo since his arrest on Nov. 19.

China's National Development and Reform Commission offered some support on Tuesday.

Ghosn's Nov. 19 arrest and subsequent dismissal by Nissan has deepened tensions with 43.4 percent-owner Renault.

Confined to an unheated cell, Ghosn has lost almost 7 pounds in two weeks, with meals of mainly rice and barley, she wrote.