*** 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 62.65 points at 23417.29

- ASX 200 up 7.285 points at 6713.9

- JGB 10-Yr future down 10 ticks at 152.35, yield down 0.1bp at -0.007%

- Aussie 10-Yr future down 3.5 ticks at 98.84, yield up 3.5bp at 1.162%

- U.S. 10-Yr future unch. at 128-28+, yield up 0.18bp at 1.838%

- WTI crude down $0.34 at $58.87, Gold up $0.97 at $1461.15

- USD/JPY unch. at Y108.58

* KUDLOW: DEC. 15 TARIFFS "COULD HAPPEN" IF DEAL IS NOT REACHED (MNI)

* KUDLOW: CHINA TALKS MOVING NICELY, TRUMP WILL MAKE FINAL DEAL (MNI)

* CHINA'S TRADE SURPLUS SHRINKS AMID A SURPRISE DECLINE IN EXPORTS

* JAPAN Q3, F GDP +1.8% Y/Y; MNI MEDIAN +0.9%; FLASH +0.2%

* NORTH KOREA CONDUCTS "IMPORTANT TEST" AT ONCE-DISMANTLED SITE (AP)

* MEXICO ACCEPTS U.S. STEEL DEMAND IN USMCA, BUT WITH CONDITIONS (RTRS)

* JOHNSON RETURNS TO KEY BREXIT MESSAGE AS POLLS PUT HIM AHEAD (BBG)