Al Jazeera :
Asian stock markets have dived over fears of a global trade war as the United States prepares to impose trade tariffs.
Indices retreated in Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea by about 2 percent as they opened on Monday, after US President Donald Trump confirmed he would impose sweeping tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico.
The mainland China market was shut for Lunar New Year holidays, but its currency, the yuan, dropped 0.4 percent to the dollar.
