Reuters Containers are seen at the Yangshan Deep Water Port in Shanghai, China.Asian stocks continued to decline almost across the board Tuesday, after heightened trade tensions hit U.S. equity markets again overnight. U.S. equity futures were flat during morning Asian trading. Asian markets were largely in the red, led by a 1.8% drop in the Shanghai Composite SHCOMP, -0.52% and a 1.5% fall for Hong Kong’s Hang Seng indexHSI, -0.29% . The tumble comes after a U.S. stocks selloff deepened Monday in response to news that the White House favors further restrictions on Chinese investment in U.S. technology firms. After Asian markets closed Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Chinese President Xi Jinping suggested his country would “punch back” against further trade restrictions.via