Palestinian Civil Defence announced 10 deaths, including seven children, in an Israeli strike today.

China's Xi:

China and the EU should fulfill their international responsibilities and jointly maintain the trend of economic globalization and the international trade environment. We should jointly resist unilateral bullying.

Spanish PM Sanchez:

China and the EU should negotiate solutions to our differences and boost cooperation in areas of common interest.

China's Xi:

Going against the world means isolating oneself.

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa is set to hold a meeting with Turkish President Erdogan today in Antalya.

President al-Sharaa is also expected to attend the Antalya Diplomacy Forum.

EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas:

European countries have so far committed over 23 billion euros for Ukraine military aid this year.

BREAKING: China will raise additional tariffs on US goods to 125% from 84%, starting tomorrow.

China will ignore further US tariffs if it keeps imposing tariffs.

Kremlin confirms that Witkoff has arrived in Russia.

Vietnam is prepared to crack down on Chinese goods being shipped to the United States via Vietnam and will tighten controls on sensitive exports to China to avoid US tariffs.

Source: Reuters

China's Finance Ministry:

The U.S. imposition of abnormally high tariffs on China seriously violates international and economic trade rules, basic economic laws and common sense and is completely unilateral bullying and coercion.

China's Finance Ministry:

Trump's unusually high tariffs on China has become a numbers game and has no practical economic significance.

China has filed another complaint with the World Trade Organization over recent US tariff increases.

BIG: US Dollar index falls to the lowest level in three years.

Biden's Secretary of State Blinken:

Did we have frustrations occasionally with our Ukrainian friends, including President Zelensky? Sure.

Did we show that in public when it happened? No.

Biden's Secretary of State Blinken:

Zelensky himself offered the US Ukrainian minerals in exchange for military aid. This was one part of his “victory plan.”

A jewelry store in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, displays a banner that read:

"This store charges American customers an additional 104% service fee."

Germany will provide 11 billion euros of military support for Ukraine until 2029, Ukraine's Defense Minister says.

EU Trade Chief Sefcovic will go to Washington on Sunday.

Pentagon fired Greenland base commander after she criticized Vance's visit.

Source: Politico

Export restrictions China has imposed on its rare earth element exports to the U.S. include resources critical for avionics which could deal a blow to American plans for a sixth-generation jet.

The fate of the project to produce F-47 fighter jets depends on supplies of rare earth metals from China.

Source: Newsweek