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TOKYO/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares fell and copper prices eased on Tuesday after Washington announced new tariffs on Chinese imports, inflaming trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies. A man walks past an electronic stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, February 9, 2018. REUTERS/Toru Hanai U.S. stock futures took a knock as well, with E-Minis for the S&P 500 ESc1 and the Dow Minis 1YMc1 both down 0.2 percent.

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