Peru's Ministry of Energy and Mines said August copper output fell 5.0% YoY to 230,676 metric tonnes.

意大利8月对欧盟贸易帐 -3.27亿欧元，前值12.51亿欧元。

CHINA spokesperson CHINA, at a regular briefing, rebutted comments by JAPAN DEFENCE MINISTER KOIZUMI that Japan lacks nuclear weapons and strategic bombers while China possesses both and criticizes Japan. CHINA said Japan is a World War II defeated state and a non‑nuclear‑weapon state under the NPT, must not abandon its exclusively defensive policy or acquire nuclear weapons — an international legal obligation — and said Japanese politicians need to 'brush up on history and legal principles'. The spokesperson also previously responded to Tokyo's discussion of acquiring nuclear‑powered submarines.