LIVE MARKETS-Early morning headline roundup

* European shares seen slightly higher

* Asia shares wobble on worries over U.S. tariffs against China

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EARLY MORNING HEADLINE ROUNDUP (0554 GMT)

Engie (LSE: 0LD0.L - news) 's Luxembourg tax deal set to be declared illegal aid - source

BHP approves $2.9 billion spend on iron ore project

UK regulator Ofcom concerned by BT's involvement in Openreach's planning process

Norway approves merger of payments services Vipps, BankID, BankAxept

Deutsche Bank (IOB: 0H7D.IL - news) sells $1 bln non-performing ship loan portfolio -sources

France's Teleperformance (Paris: FR0000051807 - news) agrees $1 bln deal to buy Intelenet from Blackstone (NYSE: BX - news)

Construction company CRH (EUREX: 558474.EX - news) agrees to conditions to acquire Ash Grove

Investor Benko strikes deal to buy Steinhoff's Austrian unit

Molecular Partners (IOB: 0QXX.IL - news) says 5 of 8 patients responded in multiple myeloma trial

OC Oerlikon to float up to 100 pct of drive-systems unit in IPO

Swiss steelmaker Schmolz & Bickenbach (IOB: 0QPH.IL - news) launches bond after chairman cuts Vekselberg ties

MEDIA-Rolls-Royce on track to exceed 1 bln stg in free cash flow by 2020 - FT

RBS (LSE: RBS.L - news) ' Ulster Bank says to refund 18,000 overcharged business customers

And here's our story about the tariffs against China that Trump is set to unveil today and

could put a cap on market gains: Trump ready to impose tariffs on about $50 bln in Chinese

goods-official

(Danilo Masoni)

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MORNING CALL: EUROPEAN SHARES TO BUILD ON ECB-INDUCED RALLY (0525 GMT)

European shares are expected to open marginally higher this morning building on a strong

rally in the previous session after the European Central Bank pushed back rate expectations.

Financial spreadbetters expect London's FTSE to open 6 points higher at 7,772, Frankfurt's

DAX to open 35 points higher at 13,142 and Paris' CAC to open 4 points higher at 5,532.

Over in Asia, shares wobbled as investors braced for U.S. tariffs against China, while the

euro flirted with two-week lows after a cautious European Central Bank indicated it would not

raise interest rates for some time.

* ECB pledges to keep rates at least until mid-2019; euro dives

* Trump to impose $50 bln tariffs on China; China vows to confront

* BOJ stands pat as expected, Kuroda press conference coming up

(Danilo Masoni)

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