Hong Kong government spokesperson said authorities are monitoring the impact of external uncertainties on consumption.

US May factory orders MoM -1.3% (expected -1.8%); April revised up to 5.3% from 4.8%.

China's Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Zhu Fenglian said at a regular briefing that mainland authorities have had to suspend tariff concessions on certain products under the 2010 ECFA. Zhu blamed the Democratic Progressive Party for obstructing ECFA implementation—attacking the pact before taking office, then failing to remove discriminatory trade restrictions, repeatedly changing rules and erecting barriers that disrupted normal cross‑strait economic exchange—and placed full responsibility on the DPP. She said ECFA had previously delivered concrete benefits to Taiwanese firms, especially SMEs and agricultural and fisheries producers.