MOFCOM will hold a press briefing at 3:00 PM Beijing time on Thursday, June 4, 2026. The spokesperson will outline recent key commerce work and take questions.

At the midday close, China's main futures contracts were mostly higher. Egg futures hit the daily up limit; container freight on the Europe route jumped over 11%; coking coal gained more than 7% and coke rose over 4%. Asphalt, polysilicon, fuel oil and rapeseed advanced over 3%. On the downside, logs fell nearly 2%; Soybean No.1 futures, palladium and pulp declined just over 1%.

1. China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) refutes one-sided accusations of "overcapacity": It is detrimental to Sino-European economic and trade cooperation. 2. China Automobile Dealers Association: The inventory warning index for Chinese automobile dealers in May 2026 was 57.9%. 3. Trump proposes amendments to the USMCA (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement) aimed at increasing the "Made in America" content in automobiles. 4. CATL: The Chocolate battery swapping service has reached 1,650 stations, with an expected capacity of over 3,000 by 2026. 5. CATL Chief Scientist Wu Kai: Mass production of sodium-ion batteries will be achieved this year; the next step is to focus on lithium-air battery R&D. 6. SpaceX purchases 8% of Tesla's Cybertruck sales without any discounts. 7. Cui Dongshu: China's share of the global new energy passenger vehicle market reached 61% in the first four months of this year. 8. State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC): Holds special training courses for central enterprises in the field of new energy vehicles. 9. China Automobile Dealers Association establishes dealer branches for Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Porsche. 10. Cui Dongshu, China Passenger Car Association: China will account for 31% of the world's automobile market share from January to April 2026. 11. The first extended-range, fully tilt-type eVTOL vehicle from the "flying era" has received 34 letters of intent. 12. Toyota suspends development of Lexus's next-generation electric vehicle. 13. Geely Group further integrates its intelligent driving team; the company declined to comment. 14. Shanghai: Supports the development and application of multimodal intelligent agents, and will orderly promote the application of intelligent driving in multiple scenarios such as shared mobility and logistics transportation. 15. The Power Battery Special Committee holds its first standards review meeting of 2026.