MERZ said he will, in response to remarks by Trump, raise at next week’s NATO summit the need for Germany and Europe to increase their contributions to NATO.

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.

花旗：目前鋁價位並不構成有吸引力的做空機會。預計鋁價將在未來一個月觸底反彈，並在9月至12月期間回升至每噸3300-3500美元。