海关总署：中国1-6月大豆进口5015.4万吨。

China's trade surplus narrowed 4.7% in 1H 2026 as imports grew faster than exports, China Customs said. Customs reiterated China is the world's largest exporter and second-largest importer and said it will continue to actively expand imports during the 15th Five-Year Plan period to promote more balanced import-export development.

South Korea's ruling party is pushing an amendment to let chipmaker SK Hynix form joint ventures with external investors to build wafer fabs. Current law bars such JVs when proposed by a subsidiary's subsidiary; under the draft amendment SK Hynix would be able to attract outside capital provided it retains at least 50% of the JV. SK Hynix is a subsidiary of SK Square, which is a subsidiary of SK Group. Sponsors say the change is intended to speed wafer-fab construction given the scale of required investment; the draft also requires new JV headquarters or main offices to be located outside the Seoul metropolitan area to support regional development policy.