UK August services PMI (final) 52.5; consensus 52.8; July final 52.8.

Shanghai Customs deputy commissioner Huang Xintian said on Sept 3 that during the 15th Five-Year Plan period the authority will speed imports of R&D inputs and precisely implement import tax incentives to support technology innovation and upstream industrial R&D. On exports, Shanghai Customs will prioritize integrated circuits, AI-related and other high-end intelligent manufacturing products to scale new-economy output and accelerate overseas expansion of Shanghai-made goods.

On Sept 3 the Verkhovna Rada said it has launched a special investigation into a Sept 2 shooting in Kyiv that involved personnel from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Defense Ministry’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR), to establish full facts, probe systemic failings exposed and report findings to parliament.