Refinitiv sources said several European governments plan to urge the EU to use a rare trade-defense tool to protect its chemicals and plastics sector. France, Italy and possibly Germany intend to submit requests within weeks for broad import quotas under safeguard measures, the sources said. Requests will focus on polymer resin PET, epoxy resins and fiberglass. The push reflects a firmer EU trade stance as its industrial base, including a crisis-hit chemicals sector, faces import pressure and po

美國總統特朗普重申提議將新墨西哥州改名爲“新美國州”。

At a Sept. 10 press briefing, PBOC Vice Governor Lu Lei said monetary stability and financial stability remain the central bank’s core objectives and require an efficient, stable dual-pillar framework of monetary policy and macroprudential management. He called for a scientific, robust monetary policy system and a comprehensive macroprudential framework, using countercyclical and cross-cycle tools to keep total social financing and money-supply growth aligned with economic growth and price expectations. Lu urged improvement of market-based interest-rate formation, regulation and transmission, said the market should play the decisive role in exchange-rate formation and advocated greater renminbi flexibility while keeping the currency basically stable at a reasonable and balanced level. He also flagged plans to expand central bank macroprudential and financial-stability functions, broaden macroprudential coverage, enrich tools, strengthen monitoring and evaluation, and bolster the financial-stability framework to address risks in key areas.