 European shares slipped on Tuesday as simmering political tensions between the United States and China escalated, while concerns over a deadlock on further U.S. fiscal stimulus drove the dollar towards a two-year low against its rivals. A weaker opening for the regions blue-chip euro STOXX 50 weighed on Asian stocks with MSCIs broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan giving up early gains to trade flat. Underpinning much of the equity market weakness was a fresh instalment of the escalating spat between the United States and China, with President Trump announcing further restrictions overnight on tech giant Huawei Technologies Co. 