London — Stocks slid further on Thursday as the stand-off between the world’s two largest economies expanded beyond trade, reducing the odds of a phase-one deal in 2019 and forcing investors to shed risky assets.

Investors had widely hoped for a US-China trade deal by mid-November but the absence of one, and Washington’s bill to support protesters in Hong Kong, has brought progress grinding to a halt...

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