By Chuck Mikolajczak
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Global stocks rallied on Monday to a fresh intraday record while the dollar eased on optimism that a potential trade deal was on the horizon between China and the U.S., as investors awaited a slew of central bank policy announcements and earnings from several megacap companies.
Top Chinese and U.S. economic officials on Sunday hammered out the framework of a trade deal for U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to decide on at a meeting in South Korea scheduled for Thursday.
Trump said he thought a deal would be reached with China and announced a flurry of deals on trade and critical minerals in Malaysia with four Southeast Asian nations during the first stop of a five-day Asia trip.
A trade deal would halt heavier U.S. tariffs and Chinese rare earths export controls, helping allay some worries among…
