A Beijing press briefing said the 2026 Equipment Manufacturing Development Conference (EMF2026) will take place Dec. 4–6 in Suzhou. The event is hosted by the China Machinery Industry Federation and co-hosted by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s Equipment Industry Development Center. The theme is Better equipment, a more beautiful world — Intelligent, Green, Integration. The conference aims to provide a full-chain platform connecting government, industry, academia, research,

Cuba on the 3rd issued measures to ease restrictions on foreign investment, foreign trade and tourism. Key changes: remove requirement that foreign and joint-venture employers hire Cuban staff via intermediaries authorized by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security and permit direct hiring; replace prior Cuban central bank approval for joint ventures and domestic investors to open overseas bank accounts with post-facto reporting to the central bank; update import-export procedures to allow private firms to engage directly in foreign trade; relax limits on foreign capital participation in wholesale and retail and in priority and historical-cultural investment zones; introduce tax incentives for eco‑tourism projects; and allow foreign firms, foreign capital and non‑state operators to participate in tourist transport and travel agency businesses.

英國央行首席經濟學家皮爾：迅速提高銀行利率可能有助於防範一些潛在的隱性追趕動態。