By Wayne Cole

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Asian stocks got off to a rocky start on Monday after fresh broadsides in the U.S.-China trade war spooked markets with already stretched valuations, though there were signs risk sentiment had steadied with Wall Street futures bouncing.

A holiday in Japan and the United States made for choppy early trading and political uncertainty still shrouded Japanese and European assets.

While U.S. President Donald Trump had threatened 100% tariffs on China from November 1, he sounded more conciliatory over the weekend, posting that everything would be fine and the U.S. didn’t want to “hurt” China.

Beijing on Sunday defended its curbs on exports of rare earth elements and equipment as a response to U.S. aggression, but stopped short of imposing new levies on U.S. pr

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