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TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mixed Tuesday after China said its top trade envoy and other senior officials spoke by phone with U.S. negotiators.

The lackluster session followed a rally of technology shares on Wall Street prompted by China’s new guidelines for the protection of patents and copyrights. Theft of intellectual property has been a big sticking point in the U.S.-China trade war.