Russia's central bank FX and gold reserves stood at $740.0 bln in the week to Aug 7, up from $720.3 bln the previous week.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Lutnick said Ford Motor (F.N) is bringing more manufacturing back to the U.S., and that tariffs are encouraging the company to create more jobs.

State Pipeline Network Group said on Aug. 13 the Lianyungang–Yizheng pipeline’s Lianyungang–Huaian segment entered service in one phase. The line, the first 10‑million‑ton‑class crude pipeline to start operating in the 15th Five‑Year Plan period, links to existing trunk lines to deliver crude to the eastern hub at Yizheng. Peak daily throughput is 70,000 tonnes; the pipeline will supply Jiangsu and Yangtze‑river refineries, widen supply channels, and support unified allocation of imported crude and optimization of the national oil‑and‑gas “one network” across central‑eastern China and the Yangtze Delta.