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hsi: The two countries have announced tariffs on each other that are set to go into effect on Sunday, according to CNN. And although US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin insisted to Bloomberg that a meeting with China on trade will still happen, he did not specify when. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index HSI fell 0.3%, while China's Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP inched down 0.1%. Japan's Nikkei N225 also dipped 0.1%, while and South Korea's Kospi KOSPI lost 0.4%. US-China trade relations continue to worry investors. Uncertainties about trade still haunt the market, which has created a waiting game, wrote Jingyi Pan, a strategist for IG Group, in a research note. The currency has slumped 4% so far in onshore trading this month. Read More The yuan weakened further, despite a stronger-than-expected fixing by the Chinese central bank. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.