The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index tumbled as much as 3.2%, with technology firms including Meituan, Kuaishou Technology and JD.com Inc. leading the declines. The mainland benchmark CSI 300 Index dropped as much as 0.9%. Both indexes were among Asia’s worst performers on Wednesday.
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The declines came after the Trump administration imposed new restrictions on Nvidia Corp.’s chip exports to China, a move that’s raised concerns about how the curbs may escalate trade tensions beyond import taxes. The fallout could weigh on chip-sector earnings and set back China’s ambitions to compete on the global artificial intelligence stage.
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“The underperformance for HK stocks is driven by concerns of the US China trade war extending to non-tariff measures, such as increasing restrictions on US technology and possibly financial markets,” said Gary Tan, a portfolio manager at Allspring Global Investments. The Nvidia disclosure “is likely to lead to some near-term slowdown in China AI development,” he said.
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