Hong Kong open: Hang Seng Index +0.51%, Hang Seng Tech Index +1.01%. Innovative-drug/biotech names led gains; Cinda Biotech (01801.HK) +1.27% at the open.

China published draft revisions to its corporate overseas antitrust compliance guidelines for public comment, aimed at helping firms track foreign enforcement trends. The draft consolidates recent overseas antitrust legislative and enforcement changes and embeds foreign enforcers' digital‑economy focus into sections on cartels, abuse of dominance and merger control; it clarifies recent merger filing thresholds in jurisdictions including the EU, US and Germany, flags foreign investment security reviews and foreign subsidy review regimes as material risks, and—responding to rising cross‑border antitrust litigation—adds coverage of major jurisdictions' rules on private civil suits alongside administrative fines and criminal liability.

The Hill reports the White House press corps says President Trump is meeting French President Macron at Trump Tower.