*** Below gives key levels of markets at...>

SNAPSHOT: *** Below gives key levels of markets at the start of the Asia-Pac

session:

- Nikkei 225 up 16.56 points at 21746.33

- ASX 200 up 16.9 points at 6665

- JGB 10-Yr future up 4 ticks at 153.76, yield down 0.5bp at -0.151%

- Aussie 10-Yr future up 1.5 ticks at 98.660, yield down 1.9bp at 1.337%

- U.S. 10-Yr future up 0-04 ticks at 127.26, yield down 0.69bp at 2.0171%

- WTI crude down $0.39 at $58.71, Gold up $0.92 at $1385.19

- USD/JPY down 5 pips at Y108.40

* USTR PROPOSES $4BN IN POTENTIAL NEW TARIFFS OVER EU AIRCRAFT SUBSIDIES (RTRS)

* TRUMP: TRADE TALKS WITH CHINA ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY BY PHONE (RTRS)

* TRUMP: IRAN IS PLAYING WITH FIRE (RTRS)

* TRUMP: MEXICO TARIFFS ARE OFF TABLE, COUNTRY DOING GREAT JOB (BBG)

* HK RIOT POLICE FIRE TEAR GAS TO CLEAR PROTESTERS (BBG)

* IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ZARIF: WE HAVE NOT VIOLATED THE JCPOA (BBG)

* ITALY CUTS 2019 DEFICIT GOAL TO 2% IN BID TO AVOID EU PROCEDURE (BBG)