Australian shares slip on miners as trade tensions rise; NZ drops <!-- no image --> <div>Australian shares gave up ground on Friday, with China-sensitive mining stocks leading the losses after trade tensions between the world's two largest economies escalated overnight.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=q5mFQlNP_5g:tKszqPA-14c:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=q5mFQlNP_5g:tKszqPA-14c:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=q5mFQlNP_5g:tKszqPA-14c:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=q5mFQlNP_5g:tKszqPA-14c:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=q5mFQlNP_5g:tKszqPA-14c:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/q5mFQlNP_5g" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters