Nikkei reports Japan is weighing reclassifying energy and AI spending as defense expenditure after pressure from Trump.

Oct 22 — China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said at a Hangzhou meeting it will accelerate information technology to drive high‑quality development of advanced manufacturing. Policy measures include implementing key industrial‑chain high‑quality development actions; strengthening high‑end domestic capabilities and coordinating software, hardware, standards and patents; building a China open‑source ecosystem and open‑source infrastructure and bolstering first‑release software systems; advancing a "AI+software" initiative and supporting intelligent‑agent software; launching an industrial‑data foundational action to create tradable, high‑quality industry datasets; promoting national AI open‑source communities; and improving the quality and efficiency of intelligent computing supply.

加拿大8月零售销售月率将于十分钟后公布。