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Minister of Labor of Canada: I asked the Canadian Industrial Relations Committee whether it was determined that the Canadian labor dispute case was deadlocked.Jiangxi released a typical case of private equity funds serving the real economy. In recent years, private equity investment institutions have condensed long-term innovative capital and continuously empowered high-quality development. On December 13th, Wan Liangshun, deputy director of the Financial Office of Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee and deputy director of the Provincial Local Financial Administration Bureau, released ten cases of private equity funds serving Jiangxi real economy at the 2024 Yangtze River Economic Belt (Gongqingcheng) Fund Innovation and Development Conference held in Gongqingcheng, Jiangxi. Wan Liangshun introduced that Jiangxi attaches great importance to the development of the private equity industry and clearly requires strengthening guidance to give full play to the role of private equity investment in promoting development. There are 1493 private equity funds in Jiangxi, with an investment of 186.175 billion yuan. Private equity funds have become an important force to attract external capital, help industrial transformation and serve local economy, and the province's fund innovation and development have achieved remarkable results. (SSE)Wal-Mart Mexico's share price rose more than 4% after the regulator ruled that it was involved in monopolistic behavior.

Hokkaido, Japan will levy accommodation tax from 2026, and it is estimated that the annual tax revenue will reach 4.5 billion yen. On December 12, the plenary session of Hokkaido Parliament of Japan passed a regulation to levy accommodation tax on tourists staying in hotels and hotels in Daodao, which is expected to be implemented from April 2026. The accommodation fee per person per night is 500 yen if it is above 50,000 yen (about 2,380 yuan), 200 yen if it is between 20,000 and 50,000 yen, and 100 yen if it is below 20,000 yen. It is estimated that the annual tax revenue will reach about 4.5 billion yen, which will be used for transportation infrastructure construction and "excessive tourism" (tourism pollution) countermeasures.Sources: Leaders of Germany, France, Poland, NATO and other countries will meet in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss Ukraine. Zelensky will also attend the Ukrainian meeting.For the first time since November 2022, the yield of 10-year US Treasury bonds has exceeded the yield of 3-month US Treasury bonds.

Ministry of Commerce: Make efforts to expand the scope, implement the trade-in policy of consumer goods and innovate diversified consumption scenarios. On December 13th, Wang Wentao, Party Secretary and Minister of the Ministry of Commerce, presided over a special meeting of the party group to convey the spirit of studying the Central Economic Work Conference. The meeting stressed that it is necessary to vigorously boost consumption. We will intensify efforts to expand the scope, implement the trade-in policy for consumer goods, innovate diversified consumption scenarios, expand service consumption, and actively develop the first-round economy. It is necessary to expand high-level opening to the outside world and stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment. We will expand independent opening and unilateral opening in an orderly manner, steadily expand institutional opening, and promote the free trade pilot zone to improve quality and efficiency and expand the reform mandate. Efforts should be made to stabilize trade in goods and actively develop service trade, green trade and digital trade. We will deepen the reform of foreign investment promotion system and mechanism, steadily push forward the opening of service industry, expand the pilot projects in the fields of telecommunications, medical care and education, and continue to build the brand of "Investing in China". Promote high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road", deepen and improve the overseas comprehensive service system.Zhao Xiongwen, a famous expert in communication field and a professor at North China Electric Power University, died of illness at the age of 61. (澎湃)Analyst: Britain's economic contraction for the second consecutive month sounded the alarm. AJ Bell analyst Danni Hewson said in a report that one month's data can't tell the whole story, but when the British economy contracted for two consecutive months-just like September and October-it is worthy of attention. The last time the economy contracted for two consecutive months was during the first pandemic blockade in 2020. She said that the uncertainty before the government budget may lead individuals and businesses to avoid spending for fear of possible tax increases. Bars, restaurants and art industries were hit hard in October. Hewson said that such discretionary expenses can be easily cut. In addition, looking back over the past six months, except August, the economic activity in each month was flat or decreased.