Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau: If Trump imposes a 25% tariff, Canada will take countermeasures. Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau said on Monday that if US President-elect Trump imposes a 25% tariff on goods imported from Canada, Ottawa will also take tariff measures to fight back. Trudeau said at an event organized by the Chamber of Commerce in Halifax, Nova Scotia: "Of course, we will respond to unfair tariffs in many ways as we did eight years ago, and we are still studying the appropriate response." The Canadian leader said that there are signs that Americans are "beginning to realize that imposing tariffs on all goods imported from Canada will make the cost of living for Americans much higher".The regulatory authorities have made a heavy blow to market manipulation. During the year, there have been nine fines with the amount exceeding 100 million yuan. Since the beginning of this year, the CSRC has made a heavy blow to market manipulation. According to public statistics, as of December 9, the CSRC and the local securities regulatory bureaus issued 28 administrative punishment decisions (including 3 advance notices of administrative punishment disclosed by listed companies) for market manipulation during the year, and 61 persons (families) were punished, with a total amount of fines exceeding 2.352 billion yuan. Among them, 9 tickets were fined more than 100 million yuan. In the punishment of market prohibition, there is also a ticket for both identity prohibition and transaction prohibition. (Securities Daily)The regulation first mentioned "transferring books to change risks", and property insurance institutions added "new ways" to clear risks. In the Action Plan on Strengthening Supervision, Preventing Risks and Promoting Reform to Promote High-quality Development of Property Insurance Industry issued by the State Financial Supervision and Administration, the term "transferring books to change risks" appeared for the first time. Because the term "transferring books to avoid risks" first appeared in official website document, and it is one of the ways for property insurance companies to clear risks, it has attracted much attention. Many people in the industry said that "transferring books to insurance" is to provide more choices and space for risk disposal by moving the registration place of problem insurance companies to different places. The concept of "transferring books to avoid risks" embodies the determination of government departments such as regulatory agencies to clear up industry risks. With the clarification of regulatory policies, it is expected that insurance companies will pay more attention to marketization and legalization when clearing risks in the future. (Securities Daily)
British government: According to reports that commercial poultry in other places near Wharton, Norfolk are suspected to be infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza, the government decided to cull birds according to their clinical symptoms.US Secretary of State Blinken: Overthrowing the Assad regime is a good opportunity, but it also involves considerable risks. The extremist organization "Islamic State" will try to use this time to rebuild its power in Syria, and the United States will not let this happen. The Syrian people must choose their own future.Nymex January gasoline futures closed at $1.9525 per gallon, and Nymex January heating oil futures closed at $2.1835 per gallon. Nymex January natural gas futures closed at $3.1820/million british thermal unit.
Front-page article of China Securities Journal: Focus on synergy and cohesion to boost confidence in the stock market. The front-page article of China Securities Journal said that the the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee meeting held on December 9 proposed to "stabilize the property market and stock market". Market participants believe that the key to stabilizing the stock market is to enhance the internal stability of the market, enhance the investment value of listed companies, crack down on securities crimes, strengthen investor protection, and effectively boost investor confidence. This is a systematic project, involving many aspects, which needs to be exerted in the same direction and form a joint force. The emphasis on coordination, grasping the key, will help to better cohesion and create good conditions for the healthy development of the capital market.In order to step up military operations against Syria and expand its long-term strategic advantage, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a speech on the 8th that the drastic changes in the situation in Syria have brought so-called new opportunities and challenges to Israel. The so-called opportunity, according to the analysis of Israeli and Arab media, Israel is taking this opportunity to strengthen and expand its occupation and control of the temporary border areas between the two countries, even on the Syrian side, so as to gain greater strategic advantages over Syria and neighboring countries in the long run. Secondly, Israel can further attack the military targets in Syria and weaken the overall military strength of Syria. Thirdly, Israel believes that the drastic changes in the Syrian situation have objectively blocked Iran's way of providing assistance to Hezbollah, seriously weakened Iran's influence in the region, and helped it to further exert pressure on Hezbollah and Hamas armed forces in Gaza.Apollo's flagship private equity fund aims to raise $25 billion.