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

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

session:

- Nikkei 225 down 430.01 points at 20280.12

- ASX 200 down 99.029 points at 6424.3

- JGB 10-Yr future up 27 ticks at 155.13, yield down 3bp at -0.261%

- Aussie 10-Yr future up 9.5 ticks at 99.115, yield down 9.1bp at 0.882%

- U.S. 10-Yr future up 0-12 ticks at 131-10+, yield down 5.39bp at 1.4812%

- WTI crude down $0.92 at $53.25, Gold up $17.73 at $1544.61

- USD/JPY down 26 pips at Y105.13

* U.S. SLAPS ADDITIONAL LEVIES ON EXISTING/OUTLINED CHINESE TARIFFS

* TRUMP WISHES HE'D RAISED TARIFFS EVEN HIGHER AS TRADE WAR ESCALATES (WAPO)

* CHINESE STATE MEDIA PUSHES BACK AGAINST LATEST TRUMP TARIFFS

* FED'S CLARIDA: GLOBAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK HAS WORSENED SINCE JULY MEETING (CNBC)

* LITTLE SIGN OF THAWING IN LATEST EU/UK BREXIT TALKS

* ECB'S WEIDMANN SEES NO NEED FOR ECONOMIC STIMULUS (RTRS)