<h1>Asian stocks slide as U.S. tech weakness, U.S.-China meeting uncertainty and trade-tariff risks pressure markets</h1> Asian equity declines followed U.S. tech stock weakness and uncertainty about a forthcoming meeting between the U.S. president and the Chinese leader, which heightened trade-policy risk and weighed on investor sentiment. Regional indices fell amid mixed corporate earnings and tariff-driven shifts in export patterns, while safe-haven flows lifted gold and oil prices. A U.S. government shutdown has delayed economic releases, complicating the Federal Reserve's policy assessment ahead of a consumer price report. The market reaction underscores legal and regulatory risk from trade negotiations, tariff measures and domestic fiscal disruptions affecting cross-border commerce and corporate disclosures.