Stocks in Asia were set to trade lower on Wednesday amid mounting uncertainty on the U.S.-China trade front ahead of expected high level negotiations between the two economic powerhouses later this week.
Washington expanded its trade blacklist to include some of China's top artificial intelligence firms on Monday, punishing Beijing for its treatment of predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities.
China's Ministry of Commerce said the U.S. should "stop interfering" in the country's internal affairs and "remove" the relevant entities from the list "as soon as possible." Those latest developments cloud the outlook for the upcoming U.S.-China trade negotiations, set to kick off on Thursday amid the looming prospect of more tariffs from Washington on goods from Beijing.
Futures pointed to a lower open for Japanese shares. The Nikkei futures contract was at 21,355 and its counterpart in Osaka was at 21,340. That compared against the
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