MOFCOM said it will, over the 15th Five-Year Plan period, deepen Belt and Road economic and trade cooperation and push trade innovation. Policy priorities include expanding green-trade and cross-border e-commerce links with partner countries, promoting exports and imports of emerging-industry foreign-trade products, and increasing imports of high-quality goods from partner countries to support their industrial development. The ministry will continue zero-tariff treatment for least-developed coun

Prime Minister Andy Burnham's government has rejected dynamic regulatory alignment with the EU in financial services—specifically automatic adoption of EU rule updates—and has declared this a red line in UK‑EU negotiations. London will pursue closer cooperation with the EU in areas such as agriculture and energy while defending regulatory autonomy for the City of London, a continuation of the prior Starmer administration's stance. UK finance groups say post‑Brexit autonomy allows flexible, domestic tailoring of rules, particularly for digital assets, AI and ESG disclosure; however, rejoining the EU or entering the single market in future would likely require accepting EU financial rules, underscoring the trade‑off between deeper EU ties and regulatory independence.

Shanghai Gold Exchange Gold T+D closed down 2.31% at 863.69 yuan/gram in the Nov. 10 evening session; Silver T+D closed down 3.56% at 12,264.0 yuan/kg.