French President Macron: Our support for Ukraine will not diminish.

Domestic News: 1. Kweichow Moutai: Board Secretary Jiang Yan has been detained. 2. The National Cybersecurity Information Center issued a security risk warning for OpenClaw. 3. The State Administration for Market Regulation intensifies its crackdown on advertising irregularities such as "eye-catching large print, disclaimer of liability in small print." 4. Fenqile, Qifu Jie Tiao, Niwodai Jie Loan, Yixianghua, and Xinyongfei were summoned for talks by the Financial Regulatory Commission. 5. Ministry of Commerce: Starting March 14, anti-dumping duties will be levied on imported halogenated butyl rubber originating from Japan and Canada. 6. China Securities Regulatory Commission: Closely monitor changes in international financial markets and the internal and external environment, and strengthen the linkage monitoring between domestic and foreign markets, as well as futures and spot markets. 7. State Council Executive Meeting: Discussed and approved the "State Council's 2026 Key Work Division Plan," and studied the establishment of a negative list management mechanism for local government subsidies. 8. People's Bank of China: The cumulative increase in social financing in the first two months was 9.6 trillion yuan, 316.2 billion yuan more than the same period last year; at the end of February, the M2 balance increased by 9% year-on-year. International News 1. The European Council reached an agreement to simplify artificial intelligence rules. 2. According to the Wall Street Journal: The US Department of Defense is sending a Marine Expeditionary Force to the Middle East. 3. Sources: Saudi Arabia will cut oil production by at least 2 million barrels per day, down to about 8 million barrels per day. 4. British media reported that some European countries are in talks with Iran to resume shipping through the Strait of Hormuz; Italy denied this. 5. US Defense Secretary Hergsays: (Regarding Iran) Today will be the day with the most significant US military strikes to date. 6. According to the Wall Street Journal: The US Department of Defense is considering sending more warships to the Middle East to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. 7. The US core PCE price index rose further to 3.1% year-on-year in January, the highest level since March 2024, in line with market expectations.

A Reuters poll of 44 economists showed that 30 said the Brazilian central bank would cut its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 14.50% on March 18.