US stocks will open lower as Wall Street gets tariff whiplash.

Although the market losses are shallower than they were on Monday morning, the Dow (DJIEW), S&P 500 (DVS) and Nasdaq (COMP) should start the day in the red. Stock futures are roughly three-quarters of a percent lower across the board.

On Sunday, President Donald Trump threatened further tariffs on Chinese imports in a tweet, throwing global markets into disarray. Investors previously expected Beijing and Washington to be close to sorting out a trade deal after months of negotiations.

The "Goldilocks" investing environment of low inflation and high growth had calmed investors' nerves. But political risk is back with a vengeance after the US-China trade negotiations seem to be on thinner ice than previously thought possible this late in the talks.

Monday's selloff started with the Dow opening 450 points lower. Stocks recovered some as trading went on and finished the day with much smaller losses. Investors took some comfort after Chinese Vice Premier Liu said he remains scheduled to travel to the US this week.

"Markets appear to be holding on to hope that US-China trade negotiations will not be derailed, amid reports that this week's trade talks in Washington will still take place," said Han Tan, Market Analyst at FXTM.

Many have weighed whether the presidential tweet was just a negotiation tactic.

Speaking to reporters on Monday, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said China reneged on previous agreements over the weekend, undermining progress towards a detailed trade agreement between the world's two largest economies.

Lighthizer, the top US trade negotiator, said the administration would increase penalties on $200 billion of Chinese goods to 25% from 10% on Friday. Trump renewed his threat to raise tariffs on Sunday.

"That assumption is likely to be tested sooner rather than later, and the initial optimism that Trump's truculence was bluster was tempered somewhat by trade representative Robert Lighthizer's claims that China had backpedalled on certain elements on what had already been agreed," said Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC.

European stocks are broadly lower. Asian markets ended their day mixed, with the Shanghai Composite (SHCOMP) closing 0.7% higher, retracing some of its 5.6% drop on Monday, according to Refinitiv.

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