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Liao Min held video talks with the heads of sovereign credit rating teams of international credit rating companies. Recently, Vice Minister of Finance Liao Min held video talks with Mary Duron, global head of Moody's Sovereignty and Local Government Risk Department, and Roberto Xifeng-Arevalo, global head of Standard & Poor's Sovereignty Rating Team, respectively, to introduce the latest incremental policies of the China government, and exchanged views with each other on issues such as government debt management, fiscal sustainability, fiscal policy supporting the high-quality development of the real economy, and fiscal and taxation system reform. Both Moody's and Standard & Poor's said that the introduction of the Ministry of Finance was comprehensive and frank, which was very helpful for them to deepen their understanding of the macro policies of the China government, and they looked forward to more exchanges between the two sides. (Ministry of Finance)Shen Wanhongyuan: "Vigorously boosting consumption" is the first task of economic work next year. The Central Economic Work Conference was held in Beijing from December 11th to 12th. Shen Wanhongyuan released a research opinion saying that in this Central Economic Work Conference, it can be seen that boosting consumption has once again become the top priority in 2025. The "two innovations" and "two heavyweights" in 2024 are important points of economic work. "Two Innovations" means to promote a new round of large-scale equipment renewal and trade-in of consumer goods, and "Two Innovations" means to implement major national strategies and build safety capacity in key areas, and continue to pay attention to the efforts of fiscal policies including extra-long special national debt in this field.It is reported that Canada is considering imposing export taxes on commodities such as uranium and oil to counter Trump's tariff threat. Canada is studying the imposition of export taxes on major commodities exported to the United States, including uranium, oil and potash, in the case that Trump fulfills the comprehensive tariff threat. Officials familiar with the internal discussions of Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau's government said that the export tax would be Canada's last resort. According to people familiar with the matter, retaliatory tariffs on goods made in the United States and export controls on some Canadian products are more likely to come first. However, these officials said that if Trump decides to launch a full-scale trade war, the commodity export tax is a practical option, which will push up the costs of American consumers, farmers and enterprises. They said that the Trudeau government may also propose to expand its export control power in the latest report on the country's financial and economic situation scheduled to be released on Monday. It is reported that Canada is currently the largest external oil supplier in the United States. Some refineries rely on cheaper Canadian heavy crude oil, and there are few other options. The impact of rising costs is particularly severe in the Midwest of the United States, where nearly half of the crude oil used by fuel producers to produce gasoline and diesel comes from Canada.

Liao Min held video talks with the heads of sovereign credit rating teams of international credit rating companies. Recently, Vice Minister of Finance Liao Min held video talks with Mary Duron, global head of Moody's Sovereignty and Local Government Risk Department, and Roberto Xifeng-Arevalo, global head of Standard & Poor's Sovereignty Rating Team, respectively, to introduce the latest incremental policies of the China government, and exchanged views with each other on issues such as government debt management, fiscal sustainability, fiscal policy supporting the high-quality development of the real economy, and fiscal and taxation system reform. Both Moody's and Standard & Poor's said that the introduction of the Ministry of Finance was comprehensive and frank, which was very helpful for them to deepen their understanding of the macro policies of the China government, and they looked forward to more exchanges between the two sides. (Ministry of Finance)The head of the region said that the Russian attack on the key infrastructure in the Ivano-Frankov region was the biggest attack on the region so far.Ali launched the e-commerce app "Tao" in Japan: in the future, it will expand its staff to explore the local market. On December 12, Alibaba Group held a briefing on the e-commerce app "Tao" launched for the Japanese market. The company said that it will expand its staff in the future and fully explore the Japanese market. According to reports, the APP was launched in October, selling more than 3 million kinds of goods such as clothing, groceries and digital related products. It also has the function of recommending goods by artificial intelligence (AI) according to consumers' preferences. The goods are mainly delivered from China after the consumer places an order, and arrive in Japan a few days later. (Interface News)

On the 13th, the European futures of the container freight index rose by 7.03%, and the latest main contract positions changed as follows. According to the data of the exchange, as of December 13th, the European futures of the main contract container freight index closed at 2502, up or down by +7.03%, with a turnover of 41,900 lots. The position data showed that the top 20 seats were net, and the difference position was 3,022 lots. A total of 78,900 lots of European futures contracts were traded, an increase of 8,599 lots over the previous day. The first 20 seats in the contract held 25,100 lots, an increase of 466 lots over the previous day. The short positions in the top 20 seats of the contract were 22,100 lots, a decrease of 120 lots from the previous day. (Sina Futures)Qinchuan Machine Tool: The company's machine tool business section can provide a variety of processing equipment for humanoid robot manufacturers. Qinchuan Machine Tool said on the interactive platform that the company's machine tool business section can provide a variety of processing equipment for humanoid robot manufacturers, such as gear grinder, planetary roller screw pair key processing equipment thread grinder, etc. The spare parts business section of the company has the foundation of R&D and manufacturing of planetary roller screw by-products. Now, it has gradually started small batch production and verified its application. In the future, according to the market demand, it will gradually improve the detection and processing means and build its capacity.Goldman Sachs lowered the UK's GDP growth forecast for 2024 from the previous 1.2% to 1.0%.