BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed in Asia on Monday, with markets in China gaining after surveys showed a slight improvement in Chinese factory data, suggesting manufacturing is holding up despite higher U.S. tariffs.

Investors were awaiting further developments after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Friday that Trump went too far when he declared national emergencies to justify imposing sweeping import taxes on almost every country on earth.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng jumped 2% to 25,573.58, while the Shanghai Composite index added 0.3% to 3,869.96.

A government survey showed China’s factory activity improved marginally in August, with a measure known as the purchasing managers index rising to 49.4 from 49.3 in July. The survey is on a scale of 0 to 100 where 50 marks

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