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Jon Gray, President of Blackstone Group: The US market and economy are in a "sweet spot" state.Russia is willing to engage with the United States on the Ukrainian issue. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Zacharova said at a regular press conference on the 11th that Russia is willing to engage with the United States on the Ukrainian issue, but has not received any "serious suggestions" from the team of President-elect Trump.Hyundai Motor Company: Hyundai Motor Group and Google cooperate in the future mobile innovation software capability.

The main force of Nymex US crude oil futures just broke through the $70.00/barrel mark, and the latest price was $70.07/barrel, up 2.16% in the day.Spanish Foreign Minister: I understand Israel's concern about Syria. Everyone must show restraint at this moment. Anything Israel does should take into account the possibility of splitting or destabilizing Syria, and Hezbollah must continue its ceasefire.Mackler M, Governor of the Bank of Canada: (Regarding the potential tariff policy) We can't make policies based on what may happen. If the (US) tariffs are implemented as promised, it will cause serious damage to the Canadian economy.

Global Times editorial: China is still the main engine of global trade growth. Statistics recently released by official website of the General Administration of Customs show that the total import and export value of China's goods trade in the first 11 months of this year was 39.79 trillion yuan, up 4.9% year-on-year. Among them, exports reached 23.04 trillion yuan, up 6.7%; Imports reached 16.75 trillion yuan, up 2.4%. This is a further development of China's position as the world's largest country in goods trade for seven consecutive years, and its export accounts for 14.2% of the world's total in 2023, which means that the position of China manufacturing with high "cost performance" in the international production and supply chain continues to increase. The publication of this foreign trade "report card" once again shows the strong resilience and vitality of China's economy. (Global Times)Kuwait priced the oil sold to Asia in January at the parity level with Oman/Dubai.Standard & Poor's downgraded Intel's rating to BBB, and the outlook is stable.