加拿大駐華盛頓大使威斯曼：加拿大取消對美國海鮮的關稅更多是出於技術原因，而非快速恢復談判的信號。

US 4-week moving average of initial jobless claims for the week to Aug 22 was 205.5k; prior reading revised from 204.0k to 204.25k.

China-Kyrgyz trade totaled $11.7 billion in Jan–Jul, with rapid growth in China’s "New Three" products and electromechanical exports to Kyrgyzstan; services trade and cross-border e-commerce cooperation continued to advance. China is Kyrgyzstan’s largest source of FDI; cumulative Chinese direct investment across all sectors exceeded $2 billion by end-July, with large infrastructure, energy, mining, agriculture and green-development projects progressing smoothly. Negotiations on a China–Kyrgyz services and investment agreement have made important progress, and both sides are exploring measures to liberalize and facilitate China–Central Asia and SCO trade and investment to strengthen regional economic cooperation.