Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak said Russia has banned diesel exports.

Meteorological forecasts show Typhoon Bavi (No.9) was centered at 14:00 on July 8 about 1,490 km east‑southeast of Keelung, Taiwan, over the northwest Pacific, with maximum winds near the center of 60 m/s (super‑typhoon strength). It is expected to move west to west‑northwest at 15–20 km/h with little change in intensity, may make landfall or brush northern Taiwan on daytime July 11 (super‑ or strong‑typhoon intensity), then is likely to make landfall along the Fujian (Fuqing) to Zhejiang (Wenling) coast on the night of July 11 (strong‑typhoon or typhoon intensity) before gradually weakening.

From the 7th to 9th of this month the Dutch minister for foreign trade and development cooperation led a three-day visit to Beijing and Shanghai with a 17-company delegation across logistics, agriculture and high-tech. The Dutch foreign ministry said it was the first minister-led trade delegation to China since April 2018. China and the Netherlands have not reached consensus on how to resolve outstanding disputes related to Nexperia.