* Canadian dollar rises 0.2% against the greenback
* Loonie touches its strongest since May 10 at 1.3396
* Price of U.S. oil eases 0.3%
* Canada's 10-year yield rises to near 3-week high at 1.748%
TORONTO, May 21 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar strengthened to an 11-day high against its U.S. counterpart on Tuesday as expectations of a further escalation in the U.S.-China trade war diminished.
Global stocks steadied after declines over the last two sessions, as the United States temporarily eased trade restrictions on Chinese tech giant Huawei to minimize disruption for its customers. growth in China and the United States could be 0.2%-0.3% lower on average by 2021 and 2022 if the two countries do not row back on tit-for-tat tariffs in a dispute that has dampened the global economic outlook, the OECD said. exports many commodities, including oil, and runs a current account deficit, so its economy could be hurt by a slowdown in the global flow of capital or trade.
U.S. crude oil futures CLc1 , which have been supported in recent days by escalating U.S.-Iran tensions, were down 0.3% at $62.94 a barrel. 9:05 a.m. (1305 GMT), the Canadian dollar CAD=D4 was trading 0.2% higher at 1.3399 to the greenback, or 74.63 U.S. cents. The currency touched its strongest level since May 10 at 1.3396.
Canada will move quickly to ratify the new North American trade pact, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Saturday, a day after the United States agreed to lift tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. government bond prices were lower across the yield curve on Tuesday as the market reopened following Monday's Victoria Day holiday. The 10-year CA10YT=RR declined 55 Canadian cents, while the bond's yield touched its highest since May 3 at 1.748%.
Canada's housing market will stay stuck in the doldrums, with average prices stagnating this year and then rising 1.7% next year, hardly keeping pace with inflation, a Reuters poll of economists and property market experts showed.