HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets slumped in morning trade Tuesday, tracking global losses after Wall Street suffered its worst sell-off of the year as investors fretted over the US-China trade war. A sharp fall in the Chinese yuan’s value against the dollar — breaching the 7.0 level seen as a key threshold by investors — prompted US President Donald Trump to formally designate Beijing as a currency manipulator. Tensions have escalated since Trump […]