Tokyo — Asian shares pulled back slightly on Wednesday as investors awaited new developments towards scaling back a bruising trade war between the US and China.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan eased 0.11%. Australian shares were down 0.09%, Chinese stocks drifted 0.08% lower while Japan’s Nikkei stock index tacked on 0.2%...

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