Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce said exports could increase 8% this year.

Chongqing Development and Reform Commission has drafted a public consultation notice aiming to raise full-lifecycle services for foreign-invested projects. The proposal calls for stronger foreign-capital attraction, the creation of an 'Invest in Chongqing' brand, and a tiered project-attraction mechanism to accelerate conversion of leads into signed deals, signings into funded projects, and funded projects into production capacity. It also proposes using the pilot free-trade zone as a testing ground and actively pursuing pilot opening policies for telecom value-added services, healthcare and education. The document is a draft circulated for public comment.

阿曼方面表示，已提供經霍爾木茲海峽的臨時航線選項，航線將根據國際海事組織的協調。該國援引航行自由原則，稱不徵收過境費。