HONG KONG: Markets in Asia were down on Monday as the lack of a US-China trade deal cast a cloud over nervous traders.

Investors watched the latest developments warily in the trade war between the world’s top two economies, after negotiations in Washington ended on Friday without an agreement and a tariff hike on Chinese imports went into effect.

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