Spanish Foreign Minister: It takes courage and political will to implement the Palestinian-Israeli solution. Once Palestine is established, Middle East countries are ready to normalize relations with Israel.The Israeli army said that it was still carrying out operations in the buffer zone and Syria to seize weapons and equipment. On the 11th local time, the Israel Defense Forces announced that in recent days, during the operations in the buffer zone in southern Syria, the Israeli army had seized several Syrian tanks, which had not been put into use recently. In addition, the troops also found and seized a number of weapons, including mines, explosives, anti-tank missiles and other military equipment, in a post of a former Syrian government army. The Israeli army said that its four brigade-level combat teams continue to carry out activities in Syria and in the buffer zone between the two countries. In addition, paratroopers and commandos also "carry out defensive actions and eliminate threats" in the buffer zone. (CCTV)Trump plans to abolish a policy that "sensitive places" can arrest illegal immigrants. US President-elect Trump plans to abolish a policy that restricts US Immigration and Customs Enforcement from arresting immigrants in or near "sensitive places", such as in churches, schools and hospitals, or at funerals, weddings and public demonstrations. According to some sources, US President-elect Trump plans to abolish this policy on the first day of his inauguration. According to the report, the move aims to improve the power and speed of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau to arrest immigrants across the United States. It is reported that this policy began in 2011, prohibiting agents of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau from arresting immigrants in sensitive locations without the approval of the supervisor.
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)US Treasury Secretary Yellen: The oil market is well supplied and the price is relatively low. US Treasury Secretary Yellen said that the oil market is well supplied and the price is relatively low. Russia has invested a lot of money in its fleet to avoid the western oil price cap sanctions.German Ministry of Economic Affairs: German government abandons expansion plan of natural gas plant.
Russia's CPI rose by 8.88% year-on-year and 1.43% month-on-month. Russia's CPI rose by 1.43% month-on-month in November and is expected to rise by 1.50%. In November, CPI increased by 8.88% year-on-year, and it is expected to increase by 8.90%. In November, the core CPI rose by 1.10% month-on-month, in line with expectations. In November, the core CPI increased by 8.28% year-on-year, and it is expected to increase by 8.37%. In the week of December 9, the CPI rose by 0.48% month-on-month, and has increased by 8.76% since 2024.The previous crude oil futures 2401 contract closed up 1.28% at 536.70 yuan/barrel. Shanghai Gold closed up 0.64% and Shanghai Bank closed up 0.04%.When Trump came to power, ESG investors were disheartened. UBS Wealth Management believed that the concerns were exaggerated. UBS Global Wealth Management Department said that Trump's return to the White House was unlikely to weaken the reasons for ESG investment. Strategists including Amantia Muhedini said in customer reports that although traditional ESG stocks such as solar energy and wind energy were suddenly sold off after Trump won the election on November 5, the long-term demand for continuous investment in areas from renewable infrastructure to electrification will remain strong. "Aside from politics and geopolitics, the economic prospects of renewable energy, electrification and infrastructure are still attractive, and long-term demand is visible ... The fear of Trump's re-election may be exaggerated, and we have seen the value of specific market segments."