According to the data released by Shanghai Steel Union, the price of battery-grade lithium carbonate (in early trading) dropped by 100 yuan compared with the previous day, with an average price of 76,350 yuan/ton.It is reported that Canada is considering imposing export taxes on commodities such as uranium and oil to counter Trump's tariff threat. Canada is studying the imposition of export taxes on major commodities exported to the United States, including uranium, oil and potash, in the case that Trump fulfills the comprehensive tariff threat. Officials familiar with the internal discussions of Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau's government said that the export tax would be Canada's last resort. According to people familiar with the matter, retaliatory tariffs on goods made in the United States and export controls on some Canadian products are more likely to come first. However, these officials said that if Trump decides to launch a full-scale trade war, the commodity export tax is a practical option, which will push up the costs of American consumers, farmers and enterprises. They said that the Trudeau government may also propose to expand its export control power in the latest report on the country's financial and economic situation scheduled to be released on Monday. It is reported that Canada is currently the largest external oil supplier in the United States. Some refineries rely on cheaper Canadian heavy crude oil, and there are few other options. The impact of rising costs is particularly severe in the Midwest of the United States, where nearly half of the crude oil used by fuel producers to produce gasoline and diesel comes from Canada.Shen Wanhongyuan: "Vigorously boosting consumption" is the first task of economic work next year. The Central Economic Work Conference was held in Beijing from December 11th to 12th. Shen Wanhongyuan released a research opinion saying that in this Central Economic Work Conference, it can be seen that boosting consumption has once again become the top priority in 2025. The "two innovations" and "two heavyweights" in 2024 are important points of economic work. "Two Innovations" means to promote a new round of large-scale equipment renewal and trade-in of consumer goods, and "Two Innovations" means to implement major national strategies and build safety capacity in key areas, and continue to pay attention to the efforts of fiscal policies including extra-long special national debt in this field.
Stock index futures continued to fall, and the main contract of SSE 50 Stock Index Futures (IH) fell by 2.00% in the day, and now it is reported at 2,653.6 points. The main contract of CSI 500 stock index futures (IC) fell by 2.00% in the day and is now reported at 5976.8 points.From January to October, the total output of lithium batteries in China increased by 16% year-on-year. According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China's lithium-ion battery industry continued to grow from January to October 2024. According to the announcement of lithium battery industry norms, enterprise information and industry associations, the total output of lithium batteries in China from January to October was 890GWh, up 16% year-on-year. According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, the profit of China's lithium battery manufacturing industry increased by 39.4% from January to October. In the battery sector, the output of energy storage lithium batteries exceeded 200GWh from January to October. The loading capacity of power lithium batteries for new energy vehicles is about 405GWh. From January to October, the total export of lithium batteries in China reached 350.2 billion yuan, down 9.2% year-on-year, and the decline was 3.3 percentage points narrower than that in January-June.Cantor Fitzgerald, the nominee of Trump Secretary of Commerce, was fined by the SEC, and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services company, for allegedly violating the regulatory disclosure regulations related to the Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) before raising funds. Cantor agreed to settle the SEC's allegations with a civil fine of $6.75 million, and agreed not to violate the relevant laws and regulations again, but the company did not admit or deny the relevant allegations. It is worth noting that Howard Lutnick, Chairman and CEO of Cantor, was recently nominated by US President-elect Trump as the Secretary of Commerce, and Lutnick is also the co-chairman of Trump's transition team.
Shanghai ranks third in the world! The Global Financial Technology Center Development Index (2024) was released. It was learned from the 6th Shanghai International Forum on Financial Technology that the Shanghai Financial Technology Industry Alliance released the "Global Financial Technology Center Development Index (2024)", which was released for the second consecutive year. The results of this index show that new york, London, Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Tokyo, Chicago, Hong Kong, Singapore and San Francisco rank among the top ten in the world. The index is mainly composed of indicators such as the development level, development potential and development environment of financial technology, which intuitively reflects the development of financial technology in different cities around the world in quantitative form. Compared with the previous index, the list of the top ten cities remains unchanged, but the gap between the index scores of cities has further narrowed, showing the increasingly fierce competition in the development of financial technology in major cities around the world. (CBN)SHIBOR reported 1.4040% overnight, down by 7.80 basis points. In 7 days, SHIBOR reported 1.7580%, up 12.30 basis points. SHIBOR reported 1.7350% in three months, down by 0.50 basis point.According to TASS news agency, Turkish President Erdogan said that if national security is threatened, Turkey will take action against Syrian terrorists.