CMA completed the 100th simultaneous operation filling in Shanghai Yangshan Port. The reporter learned from CMA on December 10th that CMA successfully completed the 100th simultaneous operation filling in Shanghai Yangshan Port Terminal recently. Since the signing of liquefied natural gas (LNG) filling agreement with Shanghai Port in 2022, this milestone achievement indicates that CMA has taken a solid step in promoting green shipping and strengthening international cooperation. (SSE)HSBC: The Bank of Japan may raise interest rates next week. Economists at HSBC Global Research pointed out that the Bank of Japan may raise interest rates at its meeting in December. Frederic Neumann and Jun Takazawa, the bank's economists, said that the recent hawkish remarks by officials reflected both foreign exchange fluctuations and the improvement of economic data. Most members of the Bank of Japan's Policy Committee may have enough confidence that wages will continue to increase generally next year and will choose to raise interest rates before December and January, when Trump takes office. Japan's economy and prices are still on the normal track, and wages, consumption and service inflation have all made progress. HSBC predicts that the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates by 25 basis points again in the first quarter of 2026, bringing the policy interest rate to 1%.The French President will convene all parties to discuss the candidate for the new Prime Minister. The French Presidential Palace announced on December 9 that President Macron will convene representatives of most political parties in the Elysee Palace on the afternoon of December 10 to discuss the candidate for the new Prime Minister, so as to form a government in line with national interests. The statement of the French Presidential Palace said that the talks on the 10th only invited political parties that "indicated that they put themselves in a compromise framework", excluding the far-right National Alliance and the far-left "unyielding France" party. On the 4th of this month, the French National Assembly voted to pass a motion of no confidence for the government. French Prime Minister Banier subsequently submitted his resignation, and his cabinet continued to be responsible for daily government affairs and emergency management until the appointment of a new prime minister. Macron said in a televised speech on the evening of December 5th that a new Prime Minister would be appointed "in the next few days". (CCTV International News)
European regulators have learned to investigate the advertising agreement between Google and Meta for teenagers. European regulators have learned to investigate the advertising agreement between Google and Meta for teenagers and have asked Google to provide more information about the cooperation with Meta's secret advertising. According to informed sources, European Commission officials have been investigating a series of advertising activities on YouTube to promote Instagram to young people.FTSE China A50 index futures fell to 3.5%.TSMC's November sales amounted to NT$ 276.06 billion, a year-on-year increase of 34%. In the first 11 months of this year, the accumulated sales amounted to NT$ 2.62 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 31.8%.
Turkey initiated the sunset review investigation of safeguard measures for Iranian float glass. According to China Trade Relief Information Network, on December 7, the Turkish Ministry of Trade issued Announcement No.2024/10, saying that the third sunset review investigation of safeguard measures was initiated for float glass originating in Iran at the request of domestic Turkish manufacturers; At the same time, it is suggested to levy a temporary safeguard measure tax of USD 36/ton on the products involved for 200 days from December 12, 2024, and the implementation of the measures shall be subject to the relevant tax collection order of the President of Turkey. The Turkish tax codes of the products involved are 70.04, 70.05 and 70.06. The final ruling will be made within nine months, except for another extension (up to six months). The announcement shall take effect as of the date of promulgation.Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs: China's rescue protection of endangered and rare crops resources has achieved remarkable results. On December 10th, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs held a press conference to introduce the national survey of agricultural germplasm resources. Liu Xu, academician of China Academy of Engineering and leader of the expert group of the third national survey of crop germplasm resources, said at the meeting that the rescue protection of endangered rare resources found in the survey had achieved remarkable results. (CCTV News)Before the passenger flow resumed, the number of entry-exit passengers at Shanghai Port increased by 91.3% in November. According to the news released by Pudong, from January to November this year, Shanghai Border Inspection Station inspected 247,000 vehicles (ships) at Shanghai Port, and inspected more than 33.1 million passengers, up by 43.6% and 91.3% respectively compared with the same period of last year. Since last year, with the introduction and restoration of various visa-free policies, the degree of entry and exit facilitation has been continuously improved. Up to now, China has implemented a unilateral visa-free policy for 38 countries and achieved a comprehensive visa-free policy with 25 countries.
Strategy guide 12-13
Strategy guide