Canada's chief negotiator said Canada plans to join partners in announcing the creation of a Global Defence Bank at next week's NATO summit.

The PBOC published its June 2026 liquidity operations: Standing Lending Facility (SLF) net zero; Medium-Term Lending Facility (MLF) net injection 200 bln yuan; Pledged Supplementary Lending (PSL) net withdrawal 50 bln yuan; 7-day reverse repo net injection 582.6 bln yuan; open-market government bond transactions net injection 50 bln yuan; central treasury cash-management net zero.

China Politburo member and Vice Premier Liu Guozhong met Belarus First Deputy Prime Minister Snopkov in Beijing on July 2. Liu said President Xi’s June 29 meeting with President Lukashenko had injected fresh momentum into the China‑Belarus all‑weather comprehensive strategic partnership and urged implementation of the leaders’ consensus, using the China‑Belarus Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee and other mechanisms to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation and support each side’s modernization. Snopkov said Belarus is willing to deepen pragmatic, cross‑sector cooperation and advance bilateral ties.