Brazil exported 9.81 mln tonnes of soybeans in August, according to Brazilian government data, up from 9.33 mln tonnes a year earlier.

據英國金融時報：美國貿易代表格里爾表示，英國與歐盟的協調對美英貿易協議構成“障礙”。

National Healthcare Security Administration deputy director Huang Huabo said on the 4th at a State Council press briefing that authorities will roll out measures to ease employee medical insurance access for flexible-employment workers, who frequently change jobs and locations. Measures include continuing to push mega-cities to fully remove household-registration limits that tie insurance enrollment to employment location or residence; exploring conversion of consecutive participation years in resident medical insurance into local employee medical insurance years; and allowing employee medical insurance contribution years to be accumulated monthly so fragmented payments count toward the required contribution period. Once individuals meet statutory retirement age and the contribution-year requirement, they will be eligible for retirement medical insurance benefits.