Financial Times reports Apollo Global Management and Blackstone have agreed a $35bn private credit package to finance Anthropic’s growth plans. Proceeds will be used to help Anthropic purchase chips developed by Alphabet. The deal, led by the two private-equity firms, is among the largest private-credit financings to date and underscores investor willingness to fund AI-related data‑centre infrastructure and compute for firms including Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta. Apollo and Blackstone did not res

Responding to an EU push for partners to reduce the so-called "dependence on China," Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said on the 8th that China and the EU are deeply integrated and mutually dependent across industrial and supply chains — a result of globalization and market forces that benefits firms. He said China is open and positive about resolving China-EU economic and trade disputes, urged the EU to move toward China and resolve issues through dialogue and consultation to advance mutually beneficial trade and economic cooperation.

日本30年期国债收益率上升3.0个基点，至3.965%。