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* U.S. wants China to cut tariff on U.S. autos, buy more chips - WSJ

LONDON/NEW YORK, April 3 (Reuters) - Streaming music leader Spotify appears to be bracing for a potentially rough stock market ride on its first day of trading on Tuesday, following Monday's sell-off of technology stocks on Wall Street.

TOKYO, April 3 (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp will not use the option of cancelling the $18 billion sale of its memory chip unit unless there is any "major material change" in circumstances, the Japanese conglomerate's new chief executive said on Tuesday.

* Coincheck CEO to be replaced, reports Nikkei (Writes through, adds details of Coincheck business, industry context)

DUBAI, April 3 (Reuters) - Egypt will start meeting bond investors in Europe this week ahead of a potential euro-denominated bond issue, a document from one of the banks appointed to arrange the meetings showed on Tuesday.

* The two hosts pleaded guilty to four charges each (Adds Airbnb comment and context, updates lawyer comment)

LONDON, April 3 (Reuters) - European stocks tumbled on Tuesday as investors entered the second quarter in a febrile atmosphere of trade tensions and mounting pressure on big technology companies.

SHANGHAI, April 3 (Reuters) - China stocks ended lower on Tuesday, amid resurgent trade war fears after Beijing unveiled retaliatory trade measures against the United States. ** At the close, the Shanghai Composite index was down 0.8 percent at 3,136.63, while the blue-chip CSI300 index declined 0.6 percent to 3,862.48. **...

SHANGHAI, April 3 (Reuters) - China's central bank has launched a two-month-long examination into online asset managers, Beijing's latest step to curb financial risk in the $15 trillion asset management industry, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.