Some risk aversion is brewing

Soft Australian GDP and higher China-US political tension on the human rights bill are the stories so far in Asia-Pacific trading.

That said, neither has really captured the imagination of the FX market. AUD/USD is down 16 pips to 0.6830 and sitting just above the session low. Elsewhere, there is a small theme of yen strength kicking in and it's the best performer.

Some risk aversion is brewing

Stock markets also aren't pretty with the main indexes in Japan, Australia and China all down more than 1%.