Global Times editorial: China is still the main engine of global trade growth. Statistics recently released by official website of the General Administration of Customs show that the total import and export value of China's goods trade in the first 11 months of this year was 39.79 trillion yuan, up 4.9% year-on-year. Among them, exports reached 23.04 trillion yuan, up 6.7%; Imports reached 16.75 trillion yuan, up 2.4%. This is a further development of China's position as the world's largest country in goods trade for seven consecutive years, and its export accounts for 14.2% of the world's total in 2023, which means that the position of China manufacturing with high "cost performance" in the international production and supply chain continues to increase. The publication of this foreign trade "report card" once again shows the strong resilience and vitality of China's economy. (Global Times)Market information: Britain plans to lay off more than 10,000 civil servants.Foreign media: The Italian neo-Nazi organization planned to assassinate the Prime Minister, which was foiled by the police. According to the British "Daily Telegraph" reported on the 11th, an Italian neo-Nazi organization was accused of planning to assassinate Prime Minister Giorgiya meloni and World Economic Forum President klaus schwab, and the assassination plot was foiled by the police. The report quoted local media as saying that last week, the police carried out raids in various parts of Italy, arrested 12 people suspected of participating in the far-right organization, and seized a batch of knives, military clothing and propaganda materials. The organization originally called itself "Wolf Division" and later renamed it "New Dawn Division". The police said that some suspects arrested called meloni a "fascist who persecuted fascists" and had planned to assassinate her since 2023. (Global Times)
In order to avoid new "civil strife" UN officials: Syria's transitional government must be inclusive. On the 11th local time, Pei Kairu, UN Secretary-General's special envoy for Syria, said that Syria's transitional government must strive to achieve inclusiveness to avoid new "civil strife". He said that at present, the biggest concern is that "new contradictions will be triggered during the transition period, which will lead to new civil strife and even a new civil war". (CCTV)Trump's tariff risk is surging in the gold and silver market, new york futures premium is expanding, COMEX gold futures and COMEX silver futures premium are expanding, and traders weigh the possibility of including precious metals in the comprehensive tariff measures proposed by US President-elect Trump. At 21:24 Beijing time (within 10 minutes before the release of US CPI inflation data), the main contract of new york gold futures rose to 2759.70 nil/ounce, which was once 60 USD/ounce higher than the spot price; Silver futures are more than $1 an ounce, or 3%. "This is a pre-emptive panic pre-deployment before tariffs." Nicky Shiels, head of metal strategy at MKS Pamp SA, said. She said that banks and funds bought futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange and sold contracts in London, which promoted price fluctuations.Marvell (Meiman Technology Group Co., Ltd.) executives said that the company is producing customized CPU based on ARM for super-large customers.
Societe Generale: The disclosure of regulatory capital requirements will take effect on January 1, 2025.Israel lifted the restrictions on the northern part of the Golan Heights. The IDF released a message on the evening of 11th local time, saying that after the assessment by the IDF Homeland Defense Command, Israeli Defense Minister Katz approved the lifting of the restrictions on the northern part of the Golan Heights, and the allowed scale of activities changed from partial activities to full-scale activities. With the cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon starting last month, this is the first time that the restrictions in the region have been relaxed.The capital market anchors scientific and technological innovation to empower the development of new quality productive forces. The the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee meeting held on December 9 emphasized that scientific and technological innovation should lead the development of new quality productive forces and build a modern industrial system. With the new "National Nine Articles" and the "1+N" policy of the capital market, the capital market has become one of the main positions to support the development of new quality productive forces. In particular, the capital market supports listed companies to use refinancing, mergers and acquisitions, equity incentives and other tools to increase investment in scientific and technological research and development, constantly overcome technical difficulties, and enhance the toughness and competitiveness of the industrial chain. A number of interviewees said that in the future, the capital market will further guide capital to gather in the field of new quality productivity, give full play to the function of resource allocation, support scientific and technological innovation and industrial upgrading, and enhance the ability of the capital market to serve scientific and technological innovation and the development of new quality productivity. (Securities Daily)