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US TSYS: Asia-Pac hours saw Tsys pressured by comments from Chinese officials on

the back of the latest round of Sino-U.S. trade talks. Chinese Pres. Xi noted

"substantial progress" in the talks & called for an early conclusion of a

bilateral deal. Subsequent remarks came from Chinese VP Liu, who noted that "a

new consensus (with Washington) has been reached." The latest round of talks

resulted in no firm Trump-Xi summit date, although the U.S. Pres. stuck to his

upbeat/aggressive stance on the matter.

- The move lower in Asian hours saw T-Notes breach their weekly lows, with

activity limited outside of that particular burst of selling. N.B. China & Hong

Kong observed a market holiday.

- Yields trade 1.0-1.7 bp higher across the curve, with T-Notes off of lows.

- Eurodollar futures trade unch.-2.0 ticks lower through the reds. A market

source highlighted activity in the 0EN9 97.750/97.500 put spread, with ~10.5K

given at 0.105 all day.

- U.S. NFPs headline Friday's docket, Fed's Bostic will speak late in the day.

- T-Notes last 123.12, U.S. 10-Year cash Tsy yields last 2.529%.