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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Asian shares sink, with Japan's Nikkei down 5.6% as China-US trade war escalates

Asian shares sank Friday in early trading after U.S. stocks surrendered a chunk of their historic gains from the day before.

The deepening worries over President Donald Trump’ s trade war helped pull Japan’s Nikkei 225 share index down 5.6%.

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